Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

General references

Bible References

Sorrows

Psalm 116:3
The cords of death encompassed me
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
2 Samuel 22:5
“For the waves of death encompassed me;
The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me;
Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Matthew 26:38
Then He *said to them, My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”
Mark 14:33
And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled.
2 Corinthians 1:9
indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead;

Floods

Psalm 22:12
Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
Jonah 2:2
and he said,
“I called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
Matthew 26:47
While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”
Acts 21:30
Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.

General references

Jeremiah 51:42
“The sea has come up over Babylon;
She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.