Verse 2

How long will you vex my soul and break me in pieces with words?

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  • Judg 16:16 : 16 And it came to pass, when she pestered him daily with her words and pressed him, that his soul was vexed to death,
  • Job 8:2 : 2 How long will you speak these things, and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
  • Job 18:2 : 2 How long will it be before you make an end of words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
  • Job 27:2 : 2 As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul;
  • Ps 6:2-3 : 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul is also greatly troubled: but You, O LORD, how long?
  • Ps 13:1 : 1 How long will You forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?
  • Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
  • Prov 18:21 : 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
  • 2 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 And delivered righteous Lot, who was distressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked: 8 For that righteous man, dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds.
  • Rev 6:10 : 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?