What Does the Bible Say About Teeth?

1. #1Song of Solomon 4:2

   Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

   BSBYour teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

2. #2Psalms 81:10

   I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

   BSBI am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

3. #3Psalms 37:12

   The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

   BSBThe wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

4. #4Matthew 25:30

   And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

   BSBAnd throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

5. #5Amos 4:6

   And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

   BSB“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

6. #6Psalms 3:7

   Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

   BSBArise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

7. #7Isaiah 41:15

   Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

   BSBBehold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.

8. #8Matthew 22:13

   Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

   BSBThen the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

9. #9Mark 9:18

   And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

   BSBWhenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

10. #10Proverbs 10:26

    As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

    BSBLike vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

11. #11Matthew 8:12

    But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    BSBBut the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

12. #12Job 16:9

    He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    BSBHis anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.

13. #13Acts 7:54

    When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

    BSBOn hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

14. #14Psalms 112:10

    The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

    BSBThe wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.

15. #15Psalms 35:16

    With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

    BSBLike godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

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