Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

By my neck

Bible References

At ease

Job 1:2
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 3:26
I never had prosperity, nor did I secure myself, neither was I at rest; yet trouble came.
Job 29:3
when his lamp shone upon my head, and by its light I walked in the darkness;

Broken me

Job 4:10
The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Psalm 44:19
though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death.
Lamentations 3:4
Beth My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.
Matthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

By my neck

Job 15:26
he shall run him through in the neck, upon the thick shoulder pieces of his shields;
Romans 16:4
(who have for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles);

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
Daleth He has made my ways crooked and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
Ezekiel 29:7
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou didst brake and make all their loins to come to nothing.

Set me up

Job 7:12
Am I a sea, or a dragon, that thou settest a watch over me?
Lamentations 3:12
Daleth He has bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.