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What does dreaming about wolf mean in the Bible?

A warning about deception and false shepherds

In Scripture

Jesus used the wolf to warn: false prophets come dressed as sheep, and hired hands run when the wolf arrives. A wolf in a dream may prompt discernment — is something or someone near you not what it appears to be? The promise stands, too: one day the wolf will lie down with the lamb.

Verses to read

Matthew 7:15 (KJV)
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
False prophets — inwardly ravenous wolves
John 10:12 (KJV)
“But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.”
The hired hand flees when the wolf comes; the Shepherd does not
Isaiah 11:6 (KJV)
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
The wolf will live with the lamb
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