Psalms 22:13

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They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:21 : 21 They are ready to devour me; they say,“Aha! Aha! We’ve got you!”
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”
  • Lam 3:46 : 46 פ(Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us;
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.
  • Job 16:10 : 10 People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.
  • Ps 7:2 : 2 Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.
  • Ps 22:7 : 7 All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.
  • Ps 22:21 : 21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me!
  • Ps 35:17 : 17 O Lord, how long are you going to watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!
  • Ezek 22:27-28 : 27 Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey– shedding blood and destroying lives– so they can get dishonest profit. 28 Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
  • Matt 26:3-4 : 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. 4 They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
  • Matt 26:59-65 : 59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward 61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” 62 So the high priest stood up and said to him,“Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?” 63 But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him,“I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” 64 Jesus said to him,“You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.” 65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared,“He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 22:12
    83%

    12Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.

  • Ps 17:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

    12He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Lam 3:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10ד(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey.

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Isa 5:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29Their roar is like a lion’s; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue.

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Ps 35:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

    16When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

    17O Lord, how long are you going to watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions!

  • Hos 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

    8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

  • Ps 22:14-17
    4 verses
    78%

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

    16Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

    17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

  • Ps 7:2
    78%

    2Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me.

  • Ps 57:4
    78%

    4I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.

  • Joel 1:6
    77%

    6For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.

  • Job 4:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.

    11The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

  • Nah 2:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them?

    12The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

  • Isa 38:13
    76%

    13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

  • Ps 104:21
    76%

    21The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God.

  • Ps 58:6
    75%

    6O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!

  • Ps 109:2
    75%

    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

  • Job 16:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

    14He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

  • Job 30:14
    74%

    14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

  • Job 38:39-40
    2 verses
    74%

    39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

    40when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket?

  • Ps 35:21
    74%

    21They are ready to devour me; they say,“Aha! Aha! We’ve got you!”

  • Ezek 19:6
    74%

    6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • Ps 31:13
    74%

    13For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.

  • Ps 22:7
    74%

    7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

  • Num 23:24
    74%

    24Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

  • Ps 27:2
    74%

    2When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Jer 51:38
    73%

    38The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat.

  • Prov 28:15
    73%

    15Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

  • Jer 2:15
    73%

    15Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted.

  • Ps 17:9
    73%

    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • Ps 22:1
    73%

    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

  • Ps 118:12
    73%

    12They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

  • Job 10:16
    72%

    16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me.

  • Ps 59:7
    72%

    7Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say,“Who hears?”

  • Job 30:10
    72%

    10They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.