Lamentations 3:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones; He has covered me with ashes.

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  • Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
  • Jer 6:26 : 26 O daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make lamentation, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
  • Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies on the cheekbone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
  • Ps 58:6 : 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
  • Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with weeping,
  • Job 2:8 : 8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat down among the ashes.
  • Job 4:10 : 10 The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
  • Jonah 3:6 : 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
  • Matt 7:9 : 9 Or what man among you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
  • Luke 11:11 : 11 If a son asks bread from any of you who is a father, will you give him a stone? or if he asks for a fish, will you give him a serpent instead of a fish?

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