6 Bible Verses about Foxes

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Judges 15:3-5

Samson said to them, “This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm.” So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails. When he had set the torches ablaze, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned up the heap of sheaves and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and olive groves.

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails.

Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should get up on it, he would break down their stone wall.”

Luke 13:32

And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox [that sly, cowardly man], ‘Listen carefully: I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal.’

Song of Solomon 2:15

(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among the ruins.

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Animals » Names of » Foxes

Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should get up on it, he would break down their stone wall.”

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails.

Psalm 63:10


They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

Song of Songs 2:15

(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Foxes » Abounded in palestine

Judges 15:4

So Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails.

Lamentations 5:18


As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,
Foxes and the jackals prowl over it.

Foxes » Dwells in holes

Foxes » Illustrative of » Enemies of the church

Song of Songs 2:15

(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Foxes » Destructive to vines

Song of Songs 2:15

(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”

Foxes » Used by samson for annoying the philistines

Judges 15:4-6

So Samson went and caught 300 foxes or jackals and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails. And when he had set the torches ablaze, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned up the shocks and the standing grain, along with the olive orchards. Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they were told, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he [the Timnite] has taken his [Samson's] wife and has given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among the ruins.

Foxes » Described as » Active

Nehemiah 4:3

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should get up on it, he would break down their stone wall.”

Foxes » Found in deserts

Ezekiel 13:4

O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among the ruins.

Foxes » Described as » Carnivorous

Psalm 63:10


They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

Foxes » Illustrative of » Cunning and deceitful persons

Luke 13:32

And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox [that sly, cowardly man], ‘Listen carefully: I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal.’

Foxes » Described as » Crafty

Luke 13:32

And He said to them, “Go and tell that fox [that sly, cowardly man], ‘Listen carefully: I cast out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I reach My goal.’

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