In various biblical passages, teeth are used as a metaphor for strength, power, and the consequences of sin. The Psalms, such as Psalms 81:10 and Psalms 37:12, mention teeth in the context of God's provision and the wicked plotting against the righteous. Jesus also uses teeth in a parable, as seen in Matthew 25:30, where the worthless servant is cast into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Additionally, Psalms 3:7 and Amos 4:6 reference teeth in relation to God's judgment and the punishment of the wicked.
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I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Amos 4:6
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“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.