Topic
Wolf, The
12 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 49:27Torrey Rapacious nature of
¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
- Isaiah 11:6Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
- Isaiah 65:25Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Taming of,) of the change effected by conversion
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 5:6Torrey Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings…
- Ezekiel 22:27Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of wicked rulers
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Habakkuk 1:8Torrey Particularly fierce in the evening when it seeks its prey
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
- Zephaniah 3:3Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of wicked rulers
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
- Matthew 7:15Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of false teachers
¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
- Matthew 10:16Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the wicked
¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Luke 10:3Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the wicked
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
- John 10:12Torrey Destructive to flocks of sheep
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
- Acts 20:29Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of false teachers
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.