Verse 4
My soul `is' in the midst of lions, I lie down `among' flames -- sons of men, Their teeth `are' a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 58:6 : 6 O God, break their teeth in their mouth, The jaw-teeth of young lions break down, O Jehovah.
- Ps 55:21 : 21 Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart `is' war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they `are' drawn `swords'.
- Ps 35:17 : 17 Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.
- Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow -- a bitter word.
- Prov 12:18 : 18 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
- Prov 30:14 : 14 A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men.
- Ps 52:2 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
- Ps 59:7 : 7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords `are' in their lips, for `Who heareth?'
- Judg 9:20 : 20 and if not -- fire cometh out from Abimelech and devoureth the masters of Shechem and the house of Millo, and fire cometh out from the masters of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devoureth Abimelech.'
- Ps 10:9 : 9 He lieth in wait in a secret place, as a lion in a covert. He lieth in wait to catch the poor, He catcheth the poor, drawing him into his net.
- Ps 17:12-13 : 12 His likeness as a lion desirous to tear, As a young lion dwelling in secret places. 13 Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
- Ps 22:13-16 : 13 They have opened against me their mouth, A lion tearing and roaring. 14 As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels. 15 Dried up as an earthen vessel is my power, And my tongue is cleaving to my jaws. 16 And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.
- Dan 6:22-24 : 22 my God hath sent His messenger, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not injured me: because that before Him purity hath been found in me; and also before thee, O king, injury I have not done.' 23 Then was the king very glad for him, and he hath commanded Daniel to be taken up out of the den, and Daniel hath been taken up out of the den, and no injury hath been found in him, because he hath believed in his God. 24 And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.
- John 4:10-11 : 10 Jesus answered and said to her, `If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.' 11 The woman saith to him, `Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?
- Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
- Rev 19:15 : 15 and out of his mouth doth proceed a sharp sword, that with it he may smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he doth tread the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,
- Prov 25:18 : 18 A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.
- Prov 28:15 : 15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, `Is' the wicked ruler over a poor people.