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Hosea 13:8
Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open; like a lion I will devour them— a wild animal will tear them apart.
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1 Samuel 16 18
One of the servants answered,“ I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave man and a warrior. He speaks well and is a fine-looking man. And the Lord is with him.”
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Hebrews 11:32-34
And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
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Daniel 7:5
“ And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told,‘ Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’
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Proverbs 17:12
Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.
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1 Chronicles 11 25-1 Chronicles 11 47
He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem,Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth,Sibbekai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,Hurai from the ravines of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai,Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai,Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, who was chief of the Reubenites, and the thirty with him,Hanan son of Maakah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,Jediael son of Shimri, his brother Joha the Tizite,Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,Eliel, Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
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2 Samuel 21 18-2 Samuel 21 22
In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot— twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha.When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him.These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.
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Proverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.
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1 Samuel 23 23
Find out about all the hiding places he uses and come back to me with definite information. Then I will go with you; if he is in the area, I will track him down among all the clans of Judah.”
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2 Samuel 23 8-2 Samuel 23 9
These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was chief of the Three; he raised his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.Next to him was Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty warriors, he was with David when they taunted the Philistines gathered at Pas Dammim for battle. Then the Israelites retreated,
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1 Samuel 17 50
So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
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2 Samuel 23 20-2 Samuel 23 22
Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada; he too was as famous as the three mighty warriors.
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2 Samuel 15 18
All his men marched past him, along with all the Kerethites and Pelethites; and all the six hundred Gittites who had accompanied him from Gath marched before the king.
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2 Samuel 23 16
So the three mighty warriors broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out before the Lord.
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2 Kings 2 24
He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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Judges 18:25
The Danites answered,“ Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
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1 Samuel 17 34-1 Samuel 17 36
But David said to Saul,“ Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock,I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it.Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
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2 Samuel 23 18
Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.