Psalm 22:13
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13 they open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.(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)
Lamentations 3:46
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46 All our enemies
have opened their mouths against us;(A)
Lamentations 2:16
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16 All your enemies
open their mouths against you;
they hiss, they gnash their teeth,
they cry: “We have devoured her!
Ah, this is the day we longed for;
at last we have seen it!”(A)
Psalm 17:12
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12 They are like a lion eager to tear,
like a young lion lurking in ambush.(A)
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)
1 Peter 5:8
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8 Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.(A)
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Matthew 26:59-65
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59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus so that they might put him to death, 60 but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward(A) 61 and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”(B) 62 The high priest stood up and said, “Have you no answer? What is it that they testify against you?” 63 But Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath before the living God, tell us if you are the Messiah,[a] the Son of God.”(C) 64 Jesus said to him, “You have said so. But I tell you,
From now on you will see the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of Power
and coming on the clouds of heaven.”(D)
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.(E)
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Matthew 26:3-4
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3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,(A) 4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(B)
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Ezekiel 22:27-28
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27 Its officials within it are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.(A) 28 Its prophets have smeared whitewash on their behalf, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, “Thus says the Lord God,” when the Lord has not spoken.(B)
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Psalm 35:17
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17 How long, O Lord, will you look on?
Rescue me from their ravages,
my life from the lions!(A)
Psalm 22:21
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Psalm 22:7
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7 All who see me mock me;
they sneer at me; they shake their heads;(A)
Psalm 7:2
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2 or like a lion they will tear me apart;
they will drag me away, with no one to rescue.(A)
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