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, He has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty has made my soul bitter.
Judges 16:16
And it happened because she distressed him with her words daily, and urged him; and his soul was grieved to death.
Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am weak; O Jehovah, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalm 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, my enemies shame me; while they say daily to me, Where is your God?
2 Peter 2:7
And He delivered righteous Lot, oppressed with the lustful behavior of the lawless.

Break me

Psalm 55:21
The butterings of his mouth were forked, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Proverbs 12:18
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
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, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.