Job 16:10
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10 They have gaped at me with their mouths;
they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
they mass themselves together against me.(A)
Psalm 35:15
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15 But at my stumbling they gathered in glee;
they gathered together against me;
ruffians whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;(A)
Psalm 22:13
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13 they open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.(A)
Acts 23:2
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2 Then the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near him to strike him on the mouth.(A)
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Micah 5:1
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5 [a]Now you are walled around with a wall;[b]
siege is laid against us;
with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel
upon the cheek.(A)
Lamentations 3:30
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30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter
and be filled with insults.(A)
Isaiah 50:6
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6 I gave my back to those who struck me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.(A)
2 Corinthians 11:20
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20 For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you or preys upon you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or gives you a slap in the face.
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Psalm 22:16-17
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16 For dogs are all around me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they bound my hands and feet.[a](A)
17 I can count all my bones.
They stare and gloat over me;
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- 22.16 Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”(A)
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Acts 4:27
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27 “For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant[a] Jesus, whom you anointed,(A)
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- 4.27 Or child
John 18:22
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22 When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”(A)
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Luke 23:35-36
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35 And the people stood by watching, but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah[a] of God, his chosen one!”(A) 36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine(B)
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- 23.35 Or the Christ
Matthew 26:67
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67 Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,(A)
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Psalm 94:21
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21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.(A)
Psalm 35:21
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21 They open wide their mouths against me;
they say, “Aha, Aha,
our eyes have seen it.”(A)
2 Chronicles 18:23
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23 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”(A)
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