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
I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say,
Psalm 35:21
Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.
Job 16:10
Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.
Lamentations 2:16
All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.
Lamentations 3:46
The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the rulers of the people came together in the house of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

As a

Psalm 22:21
Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
Psalm 7:2
So that he may not come rushing on my soul like a lion, wounding it, while there is no one to be my saviour.
Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long will you be looking on? take my soul from their destruction, my life from the lions.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.
1 Peter 5:8
Be serious and keep watch; the Evil One, who is against you, goes about like a lion with open mouth in search of food;

General references

Psalm 118:11
They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
Matthew 27:41
In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
Luke 23:23
But they went on crying out loudly, Let him be put to death on the cross. And they had their way.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain