Lamentations 3:29

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.

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  • Job 40:4 : 4 Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
  • Jer 31:17 : 17 Yea euen thy posteritie shall haue consolation in this saith the Lorde, that thy children shal come agayne into their owne lande.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest thinke vpon it, and be ashamed, and neuer open thy mouth any more for shame of thy selfe, when I am pacified towarde thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lorde God.
  • Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knoweth whether the Lorde wyll returne and take compassion, and wyll leaue behinde him a blessing, euen meate offeryng and drynke offeryng vnto the Lorde your God?
  • Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who can tel whether God wyl turne and be moued with repentaunce, and turne from his fierce wrath, that we perishe not?
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seke the Lorde all ye meeke hearted vpon earth, ye that worke after his iudgement: seke righteousnesse, seke lowlinesse, that ye may be defended in the wrothfull day of the Lorde:
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and wyll say vnto hym: Father, I haue sinned agaynst heauen, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne, make me as one of thy hyred seruauntes.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 And the publicane standyng a farre of, woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon his brest, saying: God be mercifull to me a sinner.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God.
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in tribulation, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

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  • 30He offreth his cheeke to the smyter, he wyll be content with reproffes:

  • 28He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken the Lordes yoke vpon hym.

  • 16He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped.

  • 9Beholde his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perishe euen at the sight of him?

  • 19He hath cast me into the myre, and I am become like asshes and dust.

  • 32If thou hast done foolishly when thou wast in hye estate, or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle, then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth.

  • 19What is he that wyll go to lawe with me? if I now holde my tongue I dye.

  • 15I haue sowed a sackecloth vpon my skinne, and wallowed my head in the dust.

  • 16He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust.

  • 6Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.

  • 20Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

  • 15Where is then now my hope? or who hath considered the thing that I loke for?

  • 13That thy minde is so pufte vp against God, and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth?

  • 29When the wicked be cast downe, thou shalt say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

  • 9Will God heare his crye, when trouble commeth vpon him?

  • 26He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauorable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy, for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse.

  • Job 13:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13Holde your tongues for my sake, that I also may speake, and my sorowe shalbe the lesse.

    14Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth, and put my soule in myne handes?

    15Lo, though he slay me, yet wyl I trust in him: but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight.

  • 5But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

  • 3O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate:

  • 29When he geueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hydeth his face, who can beholde him? whether it be vpon nations, or vpo one man onely:

  • 20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • 11From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the earth.

  • 13Hide them in the dust together, and couer their faces in secrete:

  • 3Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudgement?

  • 5But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues against me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me:

  • 3Wyl he make many faire wordes with thee thinkest thou or flatter thee?

  • 27If I say, I will forget my complayning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe:

  • 24Trouble and anguishe wil make him afrayde, and compasse him about, as is a king in the middest of an armie.

  • 21O that a body might pleate with God, as one man doth with an other:

  • 3If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande.

  • 14I became euen as a man that heareth not: and who hath no replies in his mouth.

  • Job 33:18-19
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    18And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde.

    19He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones:

  • 4Beholde, I am vyle, what shall I aunswere thee, therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth.

  • 25For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the grounde.

  • 9Who can tel whether God wyl turne and be moued with repentaunce, and turne from his fierce wrath, that we perishe not?

  • Job 6:9-10
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    9O that God would begin and smite me, that he would let his hand go and take me cleane away:

    10Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one.

  • 10Take thy plague away from me: I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande.

  • 21Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, I shal not be.

  • 30He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away.

  • 31Who dare declare his way to his face? who wil rewarde him for that he doth?

  • 3Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • Job 27:22-23
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    68%

    22God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande.

    23Then clap men their handes at hym, and hisse at him out of his place.

  • 19If men will speake of strength, lo he is strong: if men will speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

  • 39Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man? let hym murmure at his owne sinne.

  • 31Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me.