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 in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I did not know it. They tore at me, and did not cease.
Isaiah 38:13
I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.

Like

Psalm 10:9
He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.
Psalm 17:12
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalm 22:13
They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.
Deuteronomy 33:20
Of Gad he said, "He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
Proverbs 19:12
The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Rending

Psalm 50:22
"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Hosea 13:7
Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

While

Judges 18:28
There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived there.
2 Samuel 14:6
Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.