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 to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 3:26
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Job 29:3
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through 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 severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.
Lamentations 3:4
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Matthew 21:44
And whoever 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 runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Romans 16:4
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

Shaken

Lamentations 3:11
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath 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 break, and make all their loins to be at a stand.

Set me up

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