Lamentations 3:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.
  • Ps 58:6 : 6 O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.
  • Ps 102:9 : 9 I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
  • Job 4:10 : 10 Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 And the word came to the king of Nineveh, and he got up from his seat of authority, and took off his robe, and covering himself with haircloth, took his seat in the dust.
  • Matt 7:9 : 9 Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?
  • Luke 11:11 : 11 And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?

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