Topic
Leviathan
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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? — read the full passage →
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. — read the full passage →
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, — read the full passage →
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. — read the full passage →
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said, — read the full passage →
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: — read the full passage →
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. — read the full passage →
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? — read the full passage →
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. — read the full passage →
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. — read the full passage →
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Then Job answered the Lord, and said, — read the full passage →
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →
Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; — read the full passage →
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. — read the full passage →
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? — read the full passage →
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. — read the full passage →
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
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.
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. — read the full passage →
Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →
Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
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