Amos 3:4
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
Cross-reference
Amos 3:8 continues the lion metaphor — the roar signals divine action, linking cause to effect now applied to God's word.
Amos 1:2 uses the same lion roar image for God's judgment — showing the lion metaphor applied directly to God.
Psalm 104:21 shares the image of young lions roaring for prey — reinforcing the natural cause-and-effect in Amos's rhetorical question.
Hosea 11:10 also uses the lion roar metaphor for God's call — similar to Amos's imagery of the lion's roar signaling action.
In Hosea 5:14, God is portrayed as a lion tearing His people, mirroring the lion's roar imagery in Amos for divine judgment.
In Hosea 13:7, God again likens Himself to a lion, reinforcing the same judgment metaphor as in Amos.
In 1 Peter 5:8, the devil prowls as a roaring lion—contrasting Amos where God's roar signals judgment.
Jeremiah 2:15 uses young lions roaring to describe destruction — a similar lion roar image of judgment but applied to enemies.