Acts 23:25 having written a letter, couched in this form: (DBY)
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? (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)
Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)
Ezekiel 19:2 and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs. (WEB JPS ASV RSV)