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 didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't 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 any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.
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.