Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Bible References

Gaped

Psalm 22:13

They open wide their mouths against me,
Like a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalm 35:21

They open their mouths wide against me;
They say, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”
Luke 23:35
Now the people stood by, watching; but even the rulers ridiculed and sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others [from death]; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) of God, His Chosen One.”

They have smitten

1 Kings 22:24
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah approached and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”
2 Chronicles 18:23
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came up and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go [when he departed] from me to speak to you?”
Isaiah 50:6

I turned My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.
Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him;
Let him be filled with reproach.
Micah 5:1
“Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops;
A state of siege has been placed against us.
They shall strike the ruler of Israel on the cheek with a rod (scepter).
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in His face and struck Him with their fists; and some slapped Him,
John 18:22
But when He said this, one of the officers who was standing nearby struck Jesus [in the face], saying, “Is that how You answer the high priest?”
Acts 23:2
[At this] the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood beside him to strike Paul on the mouth.
2 Corinthians 11:20
For you tolerate it if anyone makes you his slave; or devours you and your possessions; or takes advantage of you; or acts presumptuously; or hits you in the face.

Gathered

Psalm 35:15

But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me];
The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me;
They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
Psalm 94:21

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.
Acts 4:27
For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,