6 occurrences

'Hook' in the Bible

‘Because of your raging against Me,And because your arrogance and complacency have come up to My ears,I will put My hook in your nose,And My bridle in your lips,And I will turn you back [to Assyria] by the way that you came.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodHorsesHumiliationNosesRestraintAnger Of God, Examples OfWicked Described AsDivine RestraintsProud People

“Can you put a rope [made] of rushes into his noseOr pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Verse ConceptsThorns

For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].

Verse ConceptsImmorality, Nature Of SexualPoverty, Causes OfSelf IndulgenceAttempting To KillWorseBeauty And Self WorthInfidelityWaiting Till Marriageadultrywhores

The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief),And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

“Because your raging against MeAnd your arrogance has come up to My ears,I will put My hook in your noseAnd My bridle in your mouth,And I will turn you back by the way you came.

Verse ConceptsTumultHorsesNoses

The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook,And drag them away with a net,And gather them together in their fishing net;So they rejoice and are glad.

Verse ConceptsRejoicing In Success

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