Genesis 49:9
Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Cross-reference
Numbers 24:9
Citation
Numbers 24:9 quotes the exact phrase 'He crouched, he lay down like a lion' from Genesis 49:9.
Hosea 5:14
Contrast
Hosea 5:14 depicts God as a lion tearing Judah, contrasting with Judah's own lion-like strength in Genesis 49:9.
Revelation 5:5
Prophetic fulfillment
Revelation 5:5 directly calls Jesus the Lion of Judah, fulfilling the prophecy of a conquering ruler from Judah's line.
Job 41:10
Parallel
Job 41:10 uses the same rhetorical question 'who dares stir him up' about Leviathan, mirroring the lion's invincibility.
Nahum 2:11
Parallel
Nahum 2:11 uses the same lion family imagery (lion, lioness, whelps) for Nineveh's pride — echoing Judah.
Ezekiel 32:2
Contrast
Ezekiel 32:2 mocks Pharaoh who considers himself a lion — contrasting with Judah's true lion here.