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 beholding me do mock at me, They make free with the lip -- shake the head,
Psalm 35:21
And they enlarge against me their mouth, They said, 'Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.'
Job 16:10
They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
Lamentations 2:16
Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: 'We have swallowed her up, Surely this is the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'
Lamentations 3:46
Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
Matthew 26:3
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

As a

Psalm 22:21
Save me from the mouth of a lion: -- And -- from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
Psalm 7:2
Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.
Psalm 17:12
His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Psalm 35:17
Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.
Ezekiel 22:27
Its princes in its midst are as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

General references

Psalm 118:11
They have compassed me about, Yea, they have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
Matthew 27:41
And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
Luke 23:23
And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,