Psalm 35:16

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

Cross-references

Psalm 37:12 Parallel

Psalm 37:12 explicitly says the wicked gnash their teeth at the righteous—a direct parallel to the mockers gnashing here.

Psalm 22:7 Parallel

In Psalm 22:7, the psalmist is laughed to scorn and heads shaken—identical theme of derision.

Psalm 69:12 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Prophetic fulfillment

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 Parallel

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.