Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
by the way you came.’
Creation Reference: Dog
Visible Verse:
2 Kings 8:13
Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?”
“The Lord has shown me that you will become king of Aram,” answered Elisha.
Creation Reference: Dung
Visible Verse:
2 Kings 9:37
Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”
Creation Reference: Sheep
Visible Verse:
1 Chronicles 21:17
David said to God, “Was it not I who ordered the fighting men to be counted? I, the shepherd,[a] have sinned and done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Lord my God, let your hand fall on me and my family, but do not let this plague remain on your people.”
Creation Reference: Milk or honey
Visible Verse:
Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
Creation Reference: Hornet
Visible Verse:
Deuteronomy 7:20
Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.
Creation Reference: Lion
Visible Verse:
Deuteronomy 33:20-22
About Gad he said:
“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain!
Gad lives there like a lion,
tearing at arm or head.
He chose the best land for himself;
the leader’s portion was kept for him.
When the heads of the people assembled,
he carried out the Lord’s righteous will,
and his judgments concerning Israel.”
About Dan he said:
“Dan is a lion’s cub,
springing out of Bashan.”
Creation Reference: Fish
Visible Verse:
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.
Creation Reference: Flies
Visible Verse:
Ecclesiastes 10:1
As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.