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NASB					1 Pet 5:8 ^ABe of sober³⁵²⁵ spirit, ^Bbe on the alert¹¹²⁷. Your adversary⁴⁷⁶, ^Cthe devil¹²²⁸, prowls⁴⁰⁴³ around⁴⁰⁴³ like⁵⁶¹³ a roaring⁵⁶¹² ^Dlion³⁰²³, seeking²²¹² someone⁵¹⁰⁰ to devour²⁶⁶⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 Pet 5:8 Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.

NASB Cross References:
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1 Pet 1:13 ¶ Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Matt 24:42 ¶ "Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

James 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

2 Tim 4:17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth.

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Greek Heb.

476

antidikos; from 473 and 1349; an opponent, adversary:--adversary(1), opponent(3), opponent at law(1).

1127

grêgoreô; formed from perf. of 1453; to be awake, to watch:--alert(10), awake(1), keep(1), keep watch(4), keep watching(1), keeping alert(1), stay on the alert(1), stays awake(1), wake(2).

1228

diabolos; from 1225; slanderous, accusing falsely:--devil(34), malicious gossips(3).

2212

zêteô; of unc. or.; to seek:--deliberating(1), demanding(1), inquire(1), looking(11), made efforts(1), search(4), searched(1), seek(36), seek after(1), seeking(35), seeks(9), sought(4), striving(1), tried(1), trying(6), kept trying to obtain(2).

2666

katapinô; from 2596 and 4095; to drink down:--devour(1), drank(1), drowned(1), overwhelmed(1), swallow(1), swallowed(2).

3023

leôn; a prim. word; a lion:--lion(5), lion's(1), lions(3).

3525

nêphô; a prim. word; to be sober, to abstain from wine:--keep sober(1), sober(5).

4043

peripateô; from 4012 and 3961; to walk:--behave(2), conduct ourselves(1), conduct yourselves(1), leading...life(1), leads...life(1), prowls around(1), so occupied(1), walk(50), walk about(1), walk around(2), walked(7), walking(21), walking around(1), walks(5).

5100

tis; a prim. enclitic indef. pron.; a certain one, someone, anyone:--any(36), any man(9), any man's(2), any one(4), any way(1), any woman(1), anyone(90), anyone's(1), anyone's*(1), anyone...anything(1), anything(40), anything...anyone(1), certain(6), certain man(1), certain men(2), few(1), in any way(1), high(1), kind(1), man(10), man's(2), matter(1), no*(5), none*(3), nothing*(8), one(45), one...another(1), ones(1), others(1), person(2), several(2), some(104), some men(3), some people(1), some things(1), somebody(1), someone(27), something(15), somewhat(2), such(1), various things(1), whatever(1), whatever*(6), who(1), whoever*(4), whomever*(1).

5612

ôruomai; onomatop., a prim. vb.; to roar, howl:--roaring(1).

5613

hôs; adv. from 3739; as, like as, even as, when, since, as long as:--about(20), according(2), affected(1), after(2), appear*(1), appeared(1), effect(1), how(20), however*(1), if(10), just(6), just like(1), like(106), like*(1), namely(1), one(2), same way(1), seeing(1), since(2), size(1), so(3), so*(1), though(15), way(1), when(53), whenever*(1), where(1), while(10).

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