3 then they would have devoured us alive, when their anger burned against us.
Psalms 124:3 Cross References - ISV
Numbers 16:30-34
30 But if the LORD creates something new, so that the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and everything that belongs to them and they all descend directly to Sheol while still alive, then you’ll know that these men have spurned the LORD.”
31God Executes Korah’s FamiliesJust as he finished saying all these things, the ground under them split open.
32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, all their households, everyone who was affiliated with Korah, and all of their property.
33 So they and all that belonged to them descended alive to Sheol. Then the earth closed over them. That’s how they were annihilated from the assembly.
34 Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, “…so the ground won’t swallow us up, too.”
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34 Then all of the Israelis who were around them ran away when they heard them crying, “…so the ground won’t swallow us up, too.”
1 Samuel 20:30-33
30 Saul’s Anger toward JonathanSaul flew into a rage and told Jonathan, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have chosen Jesse’s son to your shame and to the shame of your mother who bore you?
31 As long as Jesse’s son lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established! Now send someone and bring David to me. He’s a dead man!”
32 Jonathan asked his father Saul, “Why should he be killed? What did he do?” 33 Then Saul threw the spear that was beside him to strike Jonathan down. So Jonathan realized that his father was determined to kill David.
32 Jonathan asked his father Saul, “Why should he be killed? What did he do?” 33 Then Saul threw the spear that was beside him to strike Jonathan down. So Jonathan realized that his father was determined to kill David.
Esther 3:6
6 Because they had told him who the people of Mordecai were, Haman found it unacceptable to kill only Mordecai. So Haman sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jewish people, who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
Esther 3:12-13
12 The king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman commanded was written to the regional authorities of the king, to the governors who were over each province, and to the officials of each people. This order was translated in the name of King Ahasuerus into the language of each province and bore the seal of the king’s signet ring.
13 Letters were sent by couriers to all of the king’s provinces to annihilate, to kill, and to destroy all the Jewish people, both young and old, women and children, and to confiscate their goods on a single day—the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar.
Psalms 27:2
2 When those who practice evil, my enemies, and my oppressors come near me to devour my flesh, they stumble and fall.
Psalms 35:25
25 Don’t let them say in their hearts, “Yes! We got what we wanted.” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up.”
Psalms 56:1-2
1 To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of “A Silent Dove Far Away,” when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
A Prayer about Trust in God Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.
2 Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.
A Prayer about Trust in God
Psalms 57:3
3 He will send help from heaven to deliver me from those who harass and despise me. Interlude God will send his gracious love and truth.
Psalms 74:8
8 They say to themselves, “We’ll crush them completely;” They burned down all the meeting places of God in the land.
Psalms 76:10
10 Even human anger praises you; you will wear the survivors of your wrath as an ornament.
Psalms 83:4
4 They say, “Let us go and erase them as a nation so the name of Israel will not be remembered anymore.”
Proverbs 1:12
12 Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.
Jeremiah 51:34
34 Judah’s Complaint against Babylon“King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me. He set me down like an empty vessel. He swallowed me like a monster, and filled his belly with my delicacies. Then he washed me away.
Daniel 3:19
19 The King Orders an ExecutionOut of control with rage, Nebuchadnezzar’s facial expression changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and he ordered that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.
Jonah 1:17
17 Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.
Matthew 2:16
16 The Massacre of the InfantsHerod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.
Acts 9:2
2 He asked him for letters to take with him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he might bring them in chains to Jerusalem.