Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gnashing of teeth » In rage against the righteous
Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.
“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.
Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”
Plotting » General references to
And plot evil on their beds!
When morning comes, they practice evil
Because it is in the power of their hands.
He plans wrongdoing on his bed;
He sets himself on a path that is not good;
He does not reject or despise evil.
If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
As for the rogue, his weapons are evil;
He conceives wicked plans
To ruin the poor with lies,
Even when the plea of the needy one is just and right.
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Teeth » Gnashing (grinding) of, usually signifying anger or extreme pain
Now when they heard this [accusation and understood its implication], they were cut to the heart, and they began grinding their teeth [in rage] at him.
and whenever it seizes him [intending to do harm], it throws him down, and he foams [at the mouth], and grinds his teeth and becomes stiff. I told Your disciples to drive it out, and they could not do it.”
The wicked will see it and be angered,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];
The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.
“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.
Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”
The wicked » Characteristics of
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
You love evil more than good,
And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up mire and mud.
Wickedness » Characteristics of
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
[and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good,
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
You love evil more than good,
And falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah.
For there is nothing trustworthy or reliable or truthful in what they say;
Their heart is destruction [just a treacherous chasm, a yawning gulf of lies].
Their throat is an open grave;
They [glibly] flatter with their [silken] tongue.
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
For it cannot be quiet,
And its waters toss up mire and mud.