Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Bible References
Vex
Job 27:2
As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.
Judges 16:16
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.
Psalm 6:2
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am withered away. O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalm 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?
2 Peter 2:7
and he rescued righteous Lot, being distressed by the conduct of the lawless in their licentiousness
Break me
Psalm 55:21
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for [they say], Who hears?
Psalm 64:3
who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,
Proverbs 12:18
There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.