Verse 18

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so.”

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:54 : 54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
  • 2 Kgs 4:29-31 : 29 Elisha told Gehazi,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child’s face.” 30 The mother of the child said,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back. 31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”
  • Job 16:9 : 9 His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
  • Matt 15:22 : 22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”
  • Matt 17:16 : 16 I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him.”
  • Matt 17:19-20 : 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 20 He told them,“It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain,‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you.”
  • Mark 9:20 : 20 So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
  • Mark 9:26 : 26 It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
  • Mark 9:28-29 : 28 Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?” 29 He told them,“This kind can come out only by prayer.”
  • Mark 11:23 : 23 I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain,‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
  • Luke 9:39-40 : 39 A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely. 40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.”