Job 29:17
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.
- Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Ps 58:8 : 8 Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, Like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
- 1 Sam 17:35 : 35 I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
- Ps 124:6 : 6 Blessed be Yahweh, Who has not given us as a prey to their teeth.
- Ps 124:3 : 3 Then they would have swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
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15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame.
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6 Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
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14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
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11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me:
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12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
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10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.
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20 My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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15 Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
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16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.
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14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
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29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
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18 Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
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9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He has gnashed on me with his teeth: My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
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13 They open their mouths wide against me, Lions tearing prey and roaring.
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10 All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, who is like you, Who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?"
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14 Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth is terror.
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4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; and I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.