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Psa 17:12 — Like as a lion [that] is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Like, etc.		Heb. The likeness of him, (that is, of every one of them,) is as a lion that desireth to ravin. Psa 7:2; Psa 22:13; 2Ti 4:17; 1Pe 5:8
lurking		Heb. sitting.

Correlating Passages

Like, etc.

	Psa 7:2	Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending [it] in pieces, while [there is] none to deliver.
	Psa 22:13	They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.
	2Ti 4:17	Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that] all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
	1Pe 5:8	Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 17:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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