Fox
8 lines · 9 passages
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Dens of
Matt 8:20; Luke 9:58
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Matthew 8:2058 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Luke 9:58 -
Samson uses, to burn the field of the Philistines
Judg 15:4
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
Judges 15:4 -
Depredations of
Ps 63:10; Song 2:15
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Psalms 63:1015 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Song of Solomon 2:15 -
Held in contempt
Neh 4:3
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Nehemiah 4:3 - Figurative
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Of unfaithful prophets
Ezek 13:4
4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
Ezekiel 13:4 -
Of craftiness
Luke 13:32
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Luke 13:32 -
Of heretics
Song 2:15
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Song of Solomon 2:15
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
