Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

The fish

General references

Bible References

I will put

Ezekiel 38:4
I'm going to turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out you and your whole army along with your horses and cavalry riders, all of them richly attired, a magnificent company replete with buckler and shield, and all of them wielding battle swords.
2 Kings 19:28
Because of your rage against me, your complacency has reached my ears. I'll put my hook into your nostrils and my bit into your mouth. Then I'll turn you back on the road by which you came.'
Job 41:1
"Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Isaiah 37:29
Your insolence has reached my ears, so I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I'll make you turn back on the road by which you came.
Amos 4:2
The Lord GOD has taken a sacred oath: "The day is coming when they will take you away on fishhooks, every last one of you on fishhooks.

The fish

Habakkuk 1:14
"You have fashioned mankind like fish in the ocean, like creeping things that have no ruler.

General references

Job 41:2
Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook?
Psalm 105:29
He turned their water into blood, so that the fish died.

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