Genesis 49:27

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Cross References (21)

  • Judges 20:21 (3)

    And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

  • Judges 20:25 (3)

    That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed

  • Genesis 46:21 (3)

    The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

  • Ezekiel 22:27 (3)

    Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

  • Genesis 35:18 (3)

    And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.

  • Matthew 7:15 (2)

    Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • Hosea 13:7–8 (2)

    So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

  • Deuteronomy 33:12 (2)

    Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His

  • Acts 9:1 (2)

    Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high prie

  • Judges 3:15–29 (2)

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So

  • Zephaniah 3:3 (2)

    Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

  • 1 Samuel 11:4–11 (2)

    When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

  • Acts 20:29 (2)

    I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

  • 1 Samuel 14:1–15 (2)

    One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost

  • Acts 8:3 (2)

    But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.

  • Ezekiel 22:25 (2)

    The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the tr

  • Philippians 3:5 (2)

    circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a

  • Jeremiah 5:6 (2)

    Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in w

  • Numbers 23:24 (2)

    Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and

  • 1 Samuel 17:1–58 (2)

    Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-d

  • Matthew 10:16 (2)

    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.