Lamentations 3:29

Geneva Bible (1560)

He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 40:4 : 4 (39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.
  • Job 42:5-6 : 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
  • Jer 31:17 : 17 And there is hope in thine ende, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come againe to their owne borders.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, & neuer open thy mouth any more: because of thy shame when I am pacified toward thee, for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
  • Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knoweth, is he wil returne & repent & leaue a blessing behinde him, euen a meate offring, & a drinke offring vnto ye Lord your God?
  • Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seeke yee the Lorde all the meeke of the earth, which haue wrought his iudgement: seeke righteousnesse, seeke lowlinesse, if so bee that ye may be hid in the day of the Lords wrath.
  • Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I wil rise and goe to my father, and say vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heaue, and before thee, 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.
  • Luke 18:13 : 13 But the Publican standing a farre off, woulde not lift vp so much as his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saying, O God, be mercifull to me a sinner.
  • Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
  • 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in tribulation, he prayed to the Lorde his God, and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers,

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

  • 16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.

  • 9 (40:28) Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shal not one perish euen at the sight of him?

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

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

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

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

  • 16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

  • 6 Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.

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

  • 15 Where is then now mine hope? or who shal consider the thing, that I hoped for?

  • 13 That thou answerest to God at thy pleasure, and bringest such wordes out of thy mouth?

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

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

  • 26 He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauourable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy: for he will render vnto ma his righteousnes.

  • Job 13:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

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

    14 Wherefore doe I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my soule in mine hande?

    15 Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

  • 5 But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

  • 3 Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.

  • 29 And 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?

  • 20 Seest thou a man hastie in his matters? there is more hope of a foole, then of him.

  • 11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shal lie downe with him in the dust.

  • 13 (40:8) Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.

  • 3 And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.

  • 5 But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

  • 3 (40:22) Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire?

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

  • 24 Affliction and anguish shall make him afraide: they shall preuaile against him as a King readie to the battell.

  • 21 Oh that a man might pleade with God, as man with his neighbour!

  • 3 If I would dispute with him, hee could not answere him one thing of a thousand.

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

  • Job 33:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 And keepe backe his soule from the pit, & that his life should not passe by the sword.

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

  • 4 (39:37) Beholde, I am vile: what shall I answere thee? I will lay mine hand vpon my mouth.

  • 25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.

  • 9 Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?

  • Job 6:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 That is, that God would destroy me: that he would let his hand go, and cut me off.

    10 Then 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.

  • 10 Take thy plague away from mee: for I am consumed by the stroke of thine hand.

  • 21 And why doest thou not pardon my trespasse? and take away mine iniquitie? for nowe shall I sleepe in the dust, and if thou seekest me in the morning, I shall not be found.

  • 30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.

  • 31 Who shal declare his way to his face? & who shal reward him for that he hath done?

  • 3 Should men holde their peace at thy lyes? & when thou mockest others, shall none make thee ashamed?

  • Job 27:22-23
    2 verses
    68%

    22 And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

    23 Euery man shall clap their hands at him, & hisse at him out of their place.

  • 19 If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

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

  • 31 Yet shalt thou plunge mee in the pit, and mine owne clothes shal make me filthie.