The use of teeth to harm, threaten or express frustration. It is illustrative of the effect of slander, cold wind, excessive wine or of God's judgment.

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Biting used literally

Mark 9:18

An effect of demon-possession

Numbers 21:6

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Biting by reptiles and animals

Ecclesiastes 10:8,11
Daniel 6:24
Daniel 6:21-22

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Reptiles and animals prevented from biting

Mark 16:18
Acts 28:4-5
Hebrews 11:33
Jeremiah 8:17

Biting used metaphorically

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Of God's judgment on the wicked

Joel 1:6
Amos 5:19; 9:3
Acts 7:54

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Of the wicked against God's people

Psalms 35:16; 37:12
Lamentations 2:16
1 Corinthians 15:32
2 Timothy 4:17

A fulfilment of the prophecy of Isa 22:13, indicating that the devouring of God's people is a part of the greed of the wicked

1 Peter 5:8
Revelation 9:8

Of Satan and demons

Luke 13:28

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Of the frustration of the wicked

Psalms 112:10
Matthew 8:12; 13:42; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30
Revelation 16:10
Galatians 5:15

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Of quarrelling, slander and treachery

Genesis 49:17
Psalms 57:4; 58:4; 140:3
Romans 3:13-14
2 Corinthians 12:20
Job 37:9-10

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Of a cold wind

Isaiah 28:2
Matthew 23:27-28

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Of penetrating sarcasm

Psalms 115:3-7
Isaiah 46:5-7
1 Corinthians 4:8
2 Corinthians 12:11-13
Proverbs 23:31-32

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Of the effect of excessive wine

4130 demons
4603 animals
4690 wings
4903 time
5191 thought
5546 speech
5924 quarrelsomeness
5951 slander
5969 treachery
8794 persecution
9210 judgment, God's
9510 hell