Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

Bible References

In mine

Psalm 35:25

Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”
Psalm 41:8

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him and holds him;
And when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
Psalm 71:10

For my enemies have spoken against me;
Those who watch for my life have consulted together,
Job 31:29

“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],
Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?
Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker,
And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 24:17

Do not rejoice and gloat when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad [in self-righteousness] when he stumbles,

Adversity

Psalm 38:17

For I am ready to fall;
My sorrow is continually before me.
Jeremiah 20:10

For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many,
“Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
All my familiar and trusted friends,
[Those who are] watching for my fall, say,
“Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him,
And take our revenge on him.”
1 Corinthians 13:6
It does not rejoice at injustice, but rejoices with the truth [when right and truth prevail].

The abjects

Psalm 22:16

For [a pack of] dogs have surrounded me;
A gang of evildoers has encircled me,
They pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalm 69:12

They who sit in the [city’s] gate talk about me and mock me,
And I am the song of the drunkards.
Job 30:1
“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.
Matthew 27:27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and they gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.
Mark 14:65
And some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, “Prophesy [by telling us who hit you]!” Then the officers took custody of Him and struck him in the face.
Acts 17:5
But the [unbelieving] Jews became jealous, and taking along some thugs from [the lowlifes in] the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and then attacking Jason’s house tried to bring Paul and Silas out to the people.

They

Psalm 7:2

So that my enemy will not tear me like a lion,
Dragging me away while there is no one to rescue [me].
Psalm 57:4

My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
Job 16:9

“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.

General references

Proverbs 24:17

Do not rejoice and gloat when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad [in self-righteousness] when he stumbles,
Lamentations 3:14

I have become the [object of] ridicule to all my people,
And [the subject of] their mocking song all the day.
Matthew 27:44
The robbers who had been crucified with Him also began to insult Him in the same way.
John 11:35
Jesus wept.