Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Set
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Bible References
Among
Psalm 10:9
he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket; he lurks that he may seize the poor; he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush.
Psalm 22:13
they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.
Psalm 35:17
How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
Psalm 58:6
O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!
Proverbs 28:15
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Daniel 6:22
My God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths, and they have not harmed me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm."
Set
Judges 9:20
But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech."
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.
Whose
Psalm 58:6
O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD!
John 4:10
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
Proverbs 30:14
There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
General references
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Luke 23:23
But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed.