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
And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.
Job 16:10
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.
Lamentations 3:46
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace 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 buffaloes hast thou answered me.
Psalm 7:2
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, crushing it while there is no deliverer.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long wilt thou look on? Rescue my soul from their destructions, my only one from the young lions.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
1 Peter 5:8
Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

General references

Psalm 118:11
They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
Matthew 27:41
And in like manner the chief priests also, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
Luke 23:23
But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.