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The shedding of tears is a universal human experience, and Scripture provides numerous instances where tears play a significant role in the narrative and spiritual life of individuals.<br><br><b>Tears of Sorrow and Mourning</b><br><br>Tears are frequently associated with grief and mourning in the Bible. In the Old Testament, Job is a quintessential figure of suffering, and his tears are emblematic of his deep anguish. Job laments, "My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow" (<a href="/job/17-7.htm">Job 17:7</a>). Similarly, the psalmist often speaks of tears as a response to distress and affliction. <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a> states, "I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears" .<br><br>The prophet Jeremiah, known as the "weeping prophet," frequently expresses his sorrow for the sins of Israel and the impending judgment. In <a href="/jeremiah/9.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a>, he declares, "Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night for the slain of my people" .<br><br><b>Tears of Repentance</b><br><br>Tears also signify repentance and a turning back to God. In the New Testament, Peter's tears of repentance are a poignant moment following his denial of Christ. After realizing his betrayal, "he went outside and wept bitterly" (<a href="/matthew/26-75.htm">Matthew 26:75</a>). This act of weeping is seen as a genuine expression of remorse and a desire for reconciliation with God.<br><br><b>Tears of Compassion and Empathy</b><br><br>Jesus Himself is depicted as shedding tears, demonstrating His deep compassion and empathy. In <a href="/john/11-35.htm">John 11:35</a>, the shortest verse in the Bible, "Jesus wept" , occurs at the tomb of Lazarus. This moment reveals Jesus' profound empathy for the suffering of others and His shared sorrow with those who mourn.<br><br><b>Tears in Eschatological Hope</b><br><br>The Bible also speaks of a future where tears will be no more. In <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>, the promise of God’s ultimate restoration is vividly portrayed: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away" . This eschatological hope provides comfort to believers, assuring them of a time when sorrow and suffering will be eradicated.<br><br><b>Tears as a Record of Suffering</b><br><br>The psalmist speaks of God’s intimate awareness of human suffering, noting that tears are recorded by God. <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a> states, "You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?" . This imagery suggests that God is attentive to the pain and struggles of His people, preserving their tears as a testament to their trials and His faithfulness.<br><br>Throughout Scripture, tears are a multifaceted symbol, reflecting the depth of human emotion and the spiritual journey of individuals. They serve as a reminder of the brokenness of the world, the need for repentance, the compassion of Christ, and the hope of ultimate redemption.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.<p>6. (<I>v. t.</I>) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.<p>7. (<I>v. t.</I>) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.<p>8. (<I>v. t.</I>) To move violently; to agitate.<p>9. (<I>v. i.</I>) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.<p>10. (<I>v. i.</I>) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.<p>11. (<I>n.</I>) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">TEAR BOTTLE</span><p>See next article.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4048.htm"><span class="l">4048. periregnumi -- to <b>tear</b> off all around</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>tear</b> off all around. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periregnumi Phonetic<br> Spelling: (per-ir-hrayg'-noo-mee) Short Definition: I <b>tear</b> off Definition: I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4048.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1284.htm"><span class="l">1284. diarresso -- to <b>tear</b> asunder</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>tear</b> asunder. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diarresso Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dee-ar-hrayce'-so) Short Definition: I <b>tear</b> asunder Definition: I <b>tear</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1284.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1288.htm"><span class="l">1288. diaspao -- to draw apart, <b>tear</b> asunder</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to draw apart, <b>tear</b> asunder. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaspao Phonetic<br> Spelling: (dee-as-pah'-o) Short Definition: I <b>tear</b> apart, burst Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1288.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1144.htm"><span class="l">1144. dakruon -- a teardrop</span></a> <br><b>...</b> a teardrop. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dakruon Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dak'-roo) Short Definition: a <b>tear</b> Definition: a <b>tear</b>. <b>...</b> <b>tear</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1144.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4486.htm"><span class="l">4486. rhegnumi -- to break apart, by ext. to throw down</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to throw down NASB Word Usage break forth (1), burst (3), slammed (1), slams<br> (1), <b>tear</b>...to pieces (1). break apart, burst, rend, <b>tear</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4486.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1807.htm"><span class="l">1807. exaireo -- to take out, to deliver</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from ek and haireo Definition to take out, to deliver NASB Word Usage<br> pluck (1), rescue (2), rescued (3), rescuing (1), <b>tear</b> (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1807.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2679.htm"><span class="l">2679. kataskapto -- to dig down</span></a> <br><b>...</b> undermine. Word Origin from kata and skapto Definition to dig down NASB<br> Word Usage torn down (1). undermine, <b>tear</b> down, ruin. From <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2679.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4366.htm"><span class="l">4366. prosregnumi -- to break against</span></a> <br><b>...</b> beat vehemently against. From pros and rhegnumi; to <b>tear</b> towards, ie Burst upon<br> (as a tempest or flood) -- beat vehemently against (upon). see GREEK pros. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4366.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4978.htm"><span class="l">4978. schisma -- a split, fig. division</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from schizo Definition a split, fig. division NASB Word Usage<br> division (4), divisions (2), <b>tear</b> (2). division, schism. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4978.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4682.htm"><span class="l">4682. sparasso -- to mangle, convulse</span></a> <br><b>...</b> from spairo (to grasp; apparently strengthened from spao through the idea of spasmodic<br> contraction); to mangle, ie Convluse with epilepsy -- rend, <b>tear</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4682.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7167.htm"><span class="l">7167. qara -- to <b>tear</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 7166, 7167. qara. 7168 . to <b>tear</b>. Transliteration: qara Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kaw-rah') Short Definition: tore. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7167.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2963.htm"><span class="l">2963. taraph -- to <b>tear</b>, rend, pluck</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2962, 2963. taraph. 2964 . to <b>tear</b>, rend, pluck. Transliteration: taraph Phonetic<br> Spelling: (taw-raf') Short Definition: <b>tear</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2963.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5423.htm"><span class="l">5423. nathaq -- to pull, draw, or <b>tear</b> away, apart, or off</span></a><br><b>...</b> nathaq. 5424 . to pull, draw, or <b>tear</b> away, apart, or off. Transliteration: nathaq<br> Phonetic Spelling: (naw-thak') Short Definition: away. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5423.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6561.htm"><span class="l">6561. paraq -- to <b>tear</b> apart or away</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6560, 6561. paraq. 6562 . to <b>tear</b> apart or away. Transliteration: paraq Phonetic<br> Spelling: (paw-rak') Short Definition: off. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6561.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6533.htm"><span class="l">6533. param -- to <b>tear</b> or rend (a garment)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6532, 6533. param. 6534 . to <b>tear</b> or rend (a garment). Transliteration: param<br> Phonetic Spelling: (paw-ram') Short Definition: <b>tear</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6533.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2040.htm"><span class="l">2040. haras -- to throw down, break or <b>tear</b> down</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2039, 2040. haras. 2041 . to throw down, break or <b>tear</b> down. Transliteration:<br> haras Phonetic Spelling: (haw-ras') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2040.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5255.htm"><span class="l">5255. nasach -- to pull or <b>tear</b> away</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5254, 5255. nasach. 5256 . to pull or <b>tear</b> away. Transliteration: nasach Phonetic<br> Spelling: (naw-sakh') Short Definition: away. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5255.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1497.htm"><span class="l">1497. gazal -- to <b>tear</b> away, seize, rob</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1496, 1497. gazal. 1498 . to <b>tear</b> away, seize, rob. Transliteration: gazal<br> Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-zal') Short Definition: robbed. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1497.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5420.htm"><span class="l">5420. nathas -- to <b>tear</b> or break down</span></a><br><b>...</b> nathas. 5421 . to <b>tear</b> or break down. Transliteration: nathas Phonetic Spelling:<br> (naw-thas') Short Definition: break. <b>...</b> mar. A primitive root; to <b>tear</b> up -- mar. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5420.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7175a.htm"><span class="l">7175a. qarar -- perhaps to <b>tear</b> down</span></a><br><b>...</b> perhaps to <b>tear</b> down. Transliteration: qarar Short Definition: down. <b>...</b> root Definition<br> perhaps to <b>tear</b> down NASB Word Usage breaking down (1), <b>tear</b> down (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7175a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/winkworth/lyra_germanica_the_christian_year/for_the_burial_of_the_2.htm"><span class="l">For the Burial of the Dead. I. Now Hush Your Cries, and Shed no <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For the Burial of the Dead. I. Now hush your cries, and shed no <b>tear</b>,. 8,8,8,8 <b>...</b> trans.<br> by Catherine Winkworth, 1855. Now hush your cries, and shed no <b>tear</b>,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/for the burial of the 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_of_saint_augustine/chapter_ii_and_i_resolved.htm"><span class="l">And I Resolved in Thy Sight, not Tumultuously to <b>Tear</b>...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IX Chapter II And I resolved in Thy sight, not tumultuously to <b>tear</b>?<br> And I resolved in Thy sight, not tumultuously to <b>tear</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter ii and i resolved.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/moodys_anecdotes_and_illustrations/the_dying_child.htm"><span class="l">The Dying Child.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> him, and the night before she was to leave him, the missionary said to the Western<br> lady: "I want to leave my boy tomorrow morning without a <b>tear</b>;" said she, "I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/the dying child.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_vii.htm"><span class="l">Psalm VII.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> there remaineth no enemy but the envious devil, he says, "Save me from all them<br> that persecute me, and deliver me (ver.2): lest at any time he <b>tear</b> my soul as <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm vii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/philips/the_christian_home/chapter_xxiii_match-making.htm"><span class="l">Match-Making.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> youthful bride stands beside her affianced husband, to be wedded to him for life,<br> and reflects that the short ceremonial of that occasion will <b>tear</b> her forever <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../philips/the christian home/chapter xxiii match-making.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/12_otherwise_if_everything_which.htm"><span class="l">Otherwise, if Everything which Goes against Origen and his <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> letters of the popes Theophilus and Epiphanius and the rest of the bishops which<br> at their desire I lately translated are meant to attack you and <b>tear</b> you to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../12 otherwise if everything which.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macduff/memories_of_bethany/xii_the_weeping_saviour.htm"><span class="l">The Weeping Saviour.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> surely weep so bitterly, possessing, as He then did, the confident assurance that<br> death was about to give back its captive, and light up every <b>tear</b>-dimmed eye <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xii the weeping saviour.htm</font><p><a href="/library/jennings/old_groans_and_new_songs/above_the_sun.htm"><span class="l">"Above the Sun. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Long your hearts have been acquainted with the <b>tear</b>-drop and the groan; These are<br> weeds of foreign growing, seek the flowers that are your own. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/jennings/old groans and new songs/above the sun.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stead/king_of_the_jews/chapter_vi_judas_hangs_himself.htm"><span class="l">Judas Hangs Himself.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Oh, what tortures, what pains of hell, <b>tear</b> my inmost soul!" So saying he departed. <b>...</b><br> "I will have nothing more. I <b>tear</b> up your shameful bargain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../stead/king of the jews/chapter vi judas hangs himself.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/turn_or_burn.htm"><span class="l">Turn or Burn</span></a> <br><b>...</b> be thrown to the winds, and I will turn unto God with full purpose of heart;" but,<br> mayhap, to-morrow you will have forgotten this; you will weep a <b>tear</b> or two <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/turn or burn.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/t/tear.htm"><span class="l"><b>Tear</b> (97 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid,<br> transparent, <b>tear</b>-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tear.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wear-and-tear.htm"><span class="l">Wear-and-<b>tear</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Wear-and-<b>tear</b>. Wear, Wear-and-<b>tear</b>. Weareth . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Wear-and-<b>tear</b> (2 Occurrences). Matthew 6:19 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wear-and-tear.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rip.htm"><span class="l">Rip (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (vt) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to <b>tear</b> or cut<br> open or off; to <b>tear</b> off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rip.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rend.htm"><span class="l">Rend (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to <b>tear</b> asunder; to<br> split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rend.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/thrown.htm"><span class="l">Thrown (126 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 5:29 If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, <b>tear</b><br> it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/thrown.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rending.htm"><span class="l">Rending (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CLOTHES, RENDING OF. klothz, (keri`ath beghadhim):<br> This term is used to describe an ordinary <b>tear</b> made in a garment. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rending.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/destroy.htm"><span class="l">Destroy (379 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To unbuild; to pull or <b>tear</b> down; to separate virulently into its constituent<br> parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/destroy.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/strip.htm"><span class="l">Strip (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (vt) To pull or <b>tear</b> off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip<br> the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/strip.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/deliverer.htm"><span class="l">Deliverer (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> from Thy hand. (YLT). Psalms 7:2 Lest he <b>tear</b> my soul like a lion, crushing<br> it while there is no deliverer. (DBY YLT). Psalms 18:2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/deliverer.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/piece.htm"><span class="l">Piece (93 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is used frequently in paraphrastic renderings of various Hebrew verbs:<br> "break," "<b>tear</b>," "cut," etc., in pieces (Genesis 44:28, etc.). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/piece.htm - 40k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tear-clothes-Bible.html">What did it mean to tear one's clothes in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tears-in-heaven.html">Will there be tears in heaven? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tears-in-a-bottle.html">What does it mean that God collects our tears in a bottle? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/tear.htm">Tear: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Tear (97 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Matthew 5:29</a></span><br />If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should be thrown into Gehenna.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Matthew 7:6</a></span><br />"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and <span class="boldtext">tear</span> you to pieces.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16</a></span><br />No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would <span class="boldtext">tear</span> away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/18-9.htm">Matthew 18:9</a></span><br />And if your eye is causing you to fall into sin, <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it out and away with it; it is better for you to enter into Life with only one eye, than to remain in possession of two eyes but be thrown into the Gehenna of fire.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-6.htm">Matthew 19:6</a></span><br />So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man <span class="boldtext">tear</span> apart."<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Mark 2:21</a></span><br />No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-18.htm">Mark 9:18</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-47.htm">Mark 9:47</a></span><br />Or if your eye should cause you to sin, <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/5-36.htm">Luke 5:36</a></span><br />He also told a parable to them. "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-18.htm">Luke 12:18</a></span><br />He said,'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-6.htm">Luke 17:6</a></span><br />"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, '<span class="boldtext">Tear</span> up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/19-24.htm">John 19:24</a></span><br />Then they said to one another, "Let's not <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/14-20.htm">Romans 14:20</a></span><br />Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/7-17.htm">Revelation 7:17</a></span><br />for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every <span class="boldtext">tear</span> from their eyes."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a></span><br />He will wipe away from them every <span class="boldtext">tear</span> from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Genesis 49:27</a></span><br />Benjamin as a wolf will he <span class="boldtext">tear</span> to pieces; In the morning he will devour the prey, And in the evening he will divide the booty.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/28-32.htm">Exodus 28:32</a></span><br />It shall have a hole for the head in its midst: it shall have a binding of woven work around its hole, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/32-2.htm">Exodus 32:2</a></span><br />Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/32-24.htm">Exodus 32:24</a></span><br />I said to them,'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it to me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/34-13.htm">Exodus 34:13</a></span><br />but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/39-23.htm">Exodus 39:23</a></span><br />The opening of the robe in its midst was like the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding around its opening, that it should not be torn.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/1-17.htm">Leviticus 1:17</a></span><br />He shall <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/10-6.htm">Leviticus 10:6</a></span><br />Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither <span class="boldtext">tear</span> your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/13-56.htm">Leviticus 13:56</a></span><br />If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/14-40.htm">Leviticus 14:40</a></span><br />then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Leviticus 14:45</a></span><br />He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/21-10.htm">Leviticus 21:10</a></span><br />"'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor <span class="boldtext">tear</span> his clothes;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Deuteronomy 7:5</a></span><br />But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a></span><br />and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/2-2.htm">Judges 2:2</a></span><br />and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this? <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Judges 6:25</a></span><br />It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/8-7.htm">Judges 8:7</a></span><br />Gideon said, "Therefore when Yahweh has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/8-9.htm">Judges 8:9</a></span><br />He spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-31.htm">2 Samuel 3:31</a></span><br />David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, <span class="boldtext">Tear</span> your clothes, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. King David followed the bier.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">1 Kings 11:11</a></span><br />Therefore Yahweh said to Solomon, "Because this is done by you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely <span class="boldtext">tear</span> the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/11-12.htm">1 Kings 11:12</a></span><br />Notwithstanding I will not do it in your days, for David your father's sake; but I will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it out of the hand of your son.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/11-13.htm">1 Kings 11:13</a></span><br />However I will not <span class="boldtext">tear</span> away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/11-31.htm">1 Kings 11:31</a></span><br />He said to Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces; for thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Behold, I will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5</a></span><br />"Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people,'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you shall go up to the house of Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/18-4.htm">Job 18:4</a></span><br />You who <span class="boldtext">tear</span> yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/2-3.htm">Psalms 2:3</a></span><br />"Let's break their bonds apart, and cast their cords from us."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalms 6:6</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Psalms 7:2</a></span><br />lest they <span class="boldtext">tear</span> apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/17-12.htm">Psalms 17:12</a></span><br />He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/28-5.htm">Psalms 28:5</a></span><br />Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/35-15.htm">Psalms 35:15</a></span><br />But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did <span class="boldtext">tear</span> me, and ceased not:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Psalms 39:12</a></span><br />"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don't be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Psalms 42:3</a></span><br />My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Psalms 50:22</a></span><br />"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I <span class="boldtext">tear</span> you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/52-5.htm">Psalms 52:5</a></span><br />God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalms 56:8</a></span><br />You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book? <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/58-6.htm">Psalms 58:6</a></span><br />Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/137-7.htm">Psalms 137:7</a></span><br />O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/15-25.htm">Proverbs 15:25</a></span><br />The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:3</a></span><br />A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up; <br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:7</a></span><br />a time to <span class="boldtext">tear</span>, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/4-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:1</a></span><br />Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Isaiah 7:6</a></span><br />"Let's go up against Judah, and <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in its midst, even the son of Tabeel."<br /><span class="source">(WEB NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/16-9.htm">Isaiah 16:9</a></span><br />Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tears, Heshbon, and Elealeh: for on your summer fruits and on your harvest the battle shout has fallen.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></span><br />And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/25-8.htm">Isaiah 25:8</a></span><br />He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/38-5.htm">Isaiah 38:5</a></span><br />"Go, and tell Hezekiah,'Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, "I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1</a></span><br />Oh that you would <span class="boldtext">tear</span> the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence,<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Jeremiah 1:10</a></span><br />See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:6</a></span><br />And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste, a leopard will keep watch on their towns, and everyone who goes out from them will be food for the beasts; because of the great number of their sins and the increase of their wrongdoing.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a></span><br />But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken captive.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a></span><br />I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to <span class="boldtext">tear</span>, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/16-7.htm">Jeremiah 16:7</a></span><br />Neither shall men <span class="boldtext">tear</span> themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm">Jeremiah 22:24</a></span><br />As I live, says Yahweh, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, yet would I pluck you there;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Jeremiah 23:39</a></span><br />therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave unto you and to your fathers, away from my presence: <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/24-6.htm">Jeremiah 24:6</a></span><br />For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-8.htm">Jeremiah 30:8</a></span><br />It shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-28.htm">Jeremiah 31:28</a></span><br />It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/36-24.htm">Jeremiah 36:24</a></span><br />They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/42-10.htm">Jeremiah 42:10</a></span><br />If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I grieve over the distress that I have brought on you.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/45-4.htm">Jeremiah 45:4</a></span><br />You shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Lamentations 1:2</a></span><br />She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Lamentations 2:8</a></span><br />Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a></span><br />tell those who daub it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-13.htm">Ezekiel 13:13</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even <span class="boldtext">tear</span> it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Ezekiel 13:14</a></span><br />So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-20.htm">Ezekiel 13:20</a></span><br />Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> them from your arms; and I will let the souls go, even the souls whom you hunt to make them fly.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/13-21.htm">Ezekiel 13:21</a></span><br />Your kerchiefs also will I <span class="boldtext">tear</span>, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-39.htm">Ezekiel 16:39</a></span><br />I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-3.htm">Ezekiel 19:3</a></span><br />And she bringeth up one of her whelps, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to <span class="boldtext">tear</span> prey, man it hath devoured.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/19-6.htm">Ezekiel 19:6</a></span><br />And it goeth up and down in the midst of lions, A young lion it hath been, And it learneth to <span class="boldtext">tear</span> prey, man it hath devoured.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/23-34.htm">Ezekiel 23:34</a></span><br />You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall <span class="boldtext">tear</span> your breasts; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/24-16.htm">Ezekiel 24:16</a></span><br />Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14</a></span><br />For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a></span><br />I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Tear</span> your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Amos 1:11</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did <span class="boldtext">tear</span> perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/3-2.htm">Micah 3:2</a></span><br />You who hate the good, and love the evil; who <span class="boldtext">tear</span> off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/5-11.htm">Micah 5:11</a></span><br />I will cut off the cities of your land, and will <span class="boldtext">tear</span> down all your strongholds.<br /><span class="source">(WEB NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/1-13.htm">Nahum 1:13</a></span><br />Now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Nahum 2:12</a></span><br />The lion did <span class="boldtext">tear</span> in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16</a></span><br />For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, 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