A carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning. A cunning or sly person.
Judges 15 is the story of Samson getting even with his father-in-law.
Judges 15:4 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.
Sanballat was not impressed with the wall being built by the Jews (4:1-2) and said even a fox (jackal) could break it down.
Nehemiah 4:3 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.
David, fleeing from is enemies cried unto the Lord and vowed that those who sought to destroy his soul, theirs would wind up in Hell (63:9) and their bodies eaten by foxes.
Psalm 63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Jeremiah’s prayer for Israel to be restored.
Lamentations 5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Just as today, there are many who are false teachers. Israel had their share (13:1-3), cunning and sly.
Ezekiel 13:4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
The Lord Jesus teaching His disciples about His ministry.
Matthew 8:20, Luke 9:58 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.
The Lord Jesus refers to King Herod as “that Fox”.
Luke 13:32 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.
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