Psalm 141:7

Good News Translation

Like wood that is split and chopped into bits, so their bones are scattered at the edge of the grave.

Cross References

Psalm 44:22

But it is on your account that we are being killed all the time, that we are treated like sheep to be slaughtered.

Psalm 53:5

But then they will become terrified, as they have never been before, for God will scatter the bones of the enemies of his people. God has rejected them, and so Israel will totally defeat them.

Romans 8:36

As the scripture says, “For your sake we are in danger of death at all times; we are treated like sheep that are going to be slaughtered.”

2 Corinthians 1:9

We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. But this happened so that we should rely, not on ourselves, but only on God, who raises the dead.

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats—poor, persecuted, and mistreated.