'Teeth' in the Bible

“His eyes are dull from wine,And his teeth white from milk.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague.

‘They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plagueAnd bitter destruction;And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

“Why should I take my flesh in my teethAnd put my life in my hands?

“His anger has torn me and hunted me down,He has gnashed at me with His teeth;My adversary glares at me.

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

“I broke the jaws of the wickedAnd snatched the prey from his teeth.

“Who can open the doors of his face?Around his teeth there is terror.

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek;You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Like godless jesters at a feast,They gnashed at me with their teeth.

The wicked plots against the righteousAnd gnashes at him with his teeth.

My soul is among lions;I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrowsAnd their tongue a sharp sword.

O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth;Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

The wicked will see it and be vexed,He will gnash his teeth and melt away;The desire of the wicked will perish.

Blessed be the Lord,Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,So is the lazy one to those who send him.

There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swordsAnd his jaw teeth like knives,To devour the afflicted from the earthAnd the needy from among men.

“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has lost her young.

“Your teeth are like a flock of ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has lost her young.

“In those days they will not say again,‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,And the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

All your enemiesHave opened their mouths wide against you;They hiss and gnash their teeth.They say, “We have swallowed her up!Surely this is the day for which we waited;We have reached it, we have seen it.”

He has broken my teeth with gravel;He has made me cower in the dust.

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, ‘Arise, devour much meat!’

After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

“Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet,

For a nation has invaded my land,Mighty and without number;Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,And it has the fangs of a lioness.

“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your citiesAnd lack of bread in all your places,Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray;When they have something to bite with their teeth,They cry, “Peace,”But against him who puts nothing in their mouthsThey declare holy war.

And I will remove their blood from their mouthAnd their detestable things from between their teeth.Then they also will be a remnant for our God,And be like a clan in Judah,And Ekron like a Jebusite.