Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
7 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “lion” →
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;