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, the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
Judges 16:16
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
Psalm 6:2
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Psalm 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
2 Peter 2:7
and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked
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 spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Proverbs 12:18
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.