Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

He was

General references

Bible References

He was

Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.

As a

Psalm 44:11
You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.
Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no more.”
Jeremiah 12:3
But You know me, O Lord;
You see me;
And You examine my heart’s attitude toward You.
Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter
And set them apart for a day of carnage!
Jeremiah 51:40
“I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter,
Like rams together with male goats.
Romans 8:36
Just as it is written,
For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

And like

John 1:29
The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
1 Peter 1:19
but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
1 Peter 2:21
For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

Opened

Psalm 39:2
I was mute and silent,
I refrained even from good,
And my sorrow grew worse.
Matthew 26:62
The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”
Luke 23:34
But Jesus was saying, Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.
John 18:9
to fulfill the word which He spoke, Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”

General references

Numbers 7:39
one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
Matthew 27:12
And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.