Psalm 35:16
With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Cross-references
Psalm 37:12 explicitly says the wicked gnash their teeth at the righteous—a direct parallel to the mockers gnashing here.
In Psalm 22:7, the psalmist is laughed to scorn and heads shaken—identical theme of derision.
In Psalm 69:12, the psalmist is the song of drunkards—parallel to mockers at feasts.
In Psalm 109:25, the psalmist is a reproach with head-shaking—same mocking treatment.
Job 16:9 describes gnashing teeth—though attributed to God's wrath, the action mirrors the enemies' gnashing here.
Lamentations 2:16 shows enemies gnashing teeth at Jerusalem—identical hostile gesture as the mockers here.
Acts 7:54 records the crowd gnashing teeth at Stephen—same hostile gesture as the mockers here.
In Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah is in derision daily, mocked by all—parallel to the psalmist's experience.
Matthew 20:19 predicts Jesus will be mocked and flogged, fulfilling the pattern of the righteous sufferer mocked by enemies.
Matthew 27:29 shows soldiers mocking Jesus with a crown of thorns, a direct NT parallel to the mockery in the psalm.
Luke 22:63 describes Jesus being mocked and beaten, a vivid NT echo of the hostile mockery in the psalm.
Lamentations 3:14 echoes the same experience of being a laughingstock and taunted, reinforcing the psalmist's lament.
1 Corinthians 5:8 calls for celebrating the feast with sincerity—contrasting the hypocritical mockers at feasts here.