Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Bible References

Lest

Psalm 35:15
But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
Isaiah 38:13
I kept still until the morning; ... as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.

Like

Psalm 10:9
He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalm 22:13
They gape upon me with their mouth, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Deuteronomy 33:20
And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad! As a lion doth he dwell, and teareth the arm, even the top of the head.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood with me, and gave me power, that through me the proclamation might be fully made, and all those of the nations should hear; and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.
1 Peter 5:8
Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.

Rending

Psalm 50:22
Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
Hosea 13:7
And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

While

Judges 18:28
And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any one. It was in the valley which belongs to Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city, and dwelt in it.
2 Samuel 14:6
And thy bondmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.