Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

Bible References

Gaped, etc

Psalm 22:7
All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head,'saying ,
Psalm 35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
Matthew 26:3
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

As a

Psalm 22:21
Save me from the lion's mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.
Psalm 7:2
Lest they tear my soul like a lion, Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, My darling from the lions.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,

General references

Psalm 118:11
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Matthew 27:41
In like manner also the chief priests mocking him , with the scribes and elders, said,
Luke 23:23
But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.

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