Lamentations 3:16
ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
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- Prov 20:17 : 17 Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
- Jer 6:26 : 26 So I said,“Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”
- Ps 3:7 : 7 Rise up, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked.
- Ps 58:6 : 6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O LORD!
- Ps 102:9 : 9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,
- Job 2:8 : 8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
- Job 4:10 : 10 There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken.
- Jonah 3:6 : 6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
- Matt 7:9 : 9 Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
- Luke 11:11 : 11 What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?
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