Lamentations 3:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it vpon him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I sate not in the assembly of the mockers, neither did I reioyce, but sate alone because of thy plague: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
  • Lam 2:10 : 10 The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the grounde, and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heades: they haue girded them selues with sackecloth: the virgines of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.
  • Ps 102:7 : 7 I watch and am as a sparrowe alone vpon the house top.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lam 3:26-27
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    26It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.

    27It is good for a man that he beare the yoke in his youth.

  • Lam 3:29-30
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    29He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

    30Hee giueth his cheeke to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproches.

  • 2I was dumme & spake nothing: I kept silece euen from good, and my sorow was more stirred.

  • 15What shall I say? for he hath said it to me, and he hath done it: I shall walke weakely all my yeeres in the bitternesse of my soule.

  • 13Holde your tongues in my presence, that I may speake, and let come vpon what will.

  • 29And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?

  • 3When I helde my tongue, my bones consumed, or when I roared all the day,

  • 19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • 22But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shal mourne.

  • 13So they sate by him vpon the ground seuen dayes, and seuen nights, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe, that the griefe was very great.

  • 23For he will not lay on man so much, that he should enter into iudgement with God.

  • 13For so shoulde I now haue lyen and bene quiet, I should haue slept then, and bene at rest,

  • 7Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.

  • Job 33:18-19
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    18And keepe backe his soule from the pit, & that his life should not passe by the sword.

    19He is also striken with sorow vpon his bed, and the griefe of his bones is sore,

  • 1I am the man, that hath seene affliction in the rod of his indignation.

  • 7They beare it vpon the shoulders: they carie him and set him in his place: so doeth he stand, and cannot remoue from his place. Though one crie vnto him, yet can he not answere, nor deliuer him out of his tribulation.

  • 11He hath stopped my wayes, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

  • 20But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him.

  • 5Oh, that you woulde holde your tongue, that it might be imputed to you for wisedome!

  • Lam 3:6-7
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    6He hath set me in darke places, as they that be dead for euer.

    7He hath hedged about mee, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chaines heauy.

  • 27If I say, I wil forget my complaynt, I will cease from my wrath, and comfort mee,

  • 31Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.

  • 28Euen a foole (when he holdeth his peace) is counted wise, and hee that stoppeth his lips, prudent.

  • 9I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.

  • 17I sate not in the assembly of the mockers, neither did I reioyce, but sate alone because of thy plague: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

  • 15I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.

  • 21Vnto me men gaue eare, and wayted, and helde their tongue at my counsell.

  • 14For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him.

  • 32If thou hast bene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth.

  • 17(5:16) Also all his dayes hee eateth in darkenes with much griefe, and in his sorowe and anger.

  • 13Therefore the prudent shal keepe silence in that time, for it is an euill time.

  • 28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,

  • 14Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.

  • 4Surely hee hath borne our infirmities, and caried our sorowes: yet wee did iudge him, as plagued, and smitten of God, and humbled.

  • 13Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.

  • 20Shall it be told him when I speake? Or shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

  • 14Why doe we stay? assemble your selues, and let vs enter into the strong cities, and let vs be quiet there: for the Lorde our God hath put vs to silence and giuen vs water with gall to drinke, because we haue sinned against the Lord.

  • 17The wicked haue there ceased from their tyrannie, and there they that laboured valiantly, are at rest.

  • 33If I haue hid my sinne, as Adam, concealing mine iniquitie in my bosome,

  • 2Surely I haue behaued my selfe, like one wained from his mother, and kept silence: I am in my selfe as one that is wained.

  • 2He shall not crie, nor lift vp, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streete.

  • 11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.

  • 13From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.

  • 10Then should I yet haue comfort, (though I burne with sorowe, let him not spare) because I haue not denyed the wordes of the Holy one.

  • 39Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.

  • 7But now hee maketh mee wearie: O God, thou hast made all my congregation desolate,