Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Bible References

Teareth me

Job 10:16

‘Should I lift my head up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your marvelous power against me.
Job 18:4

“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?
Psalm 50:22

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
Lamentations 3:10

He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
And like a lion [hiding] in secret places.
Hosea 5:14

For I will be like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
I, even I, will tear to pieces and go on [tearing];
I will carry off [the prey] and there will be no one to rescue them.

He gnasheth

Psalm 35:16

Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].
Psalm 37:12

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Lamentations 2:16

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!”

Mine

Job 13:24

“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
Job 19:11

“He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me
And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries.
Micah 7:8

Do not rejoice over me [amid my tragedies], O my enemy!
Though I fall, I will rise;
Though I sit in the darkness [of distress], the Lord is a light for me.