Lamentations 3:29

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Let him put his mouth in the dust   – perhaps there is still hope.

Cross References

Job 40:4

I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I place my hand over my mouth.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says,  it speaks to those who are subject to the law,  , so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgement.  ,

Luke 18:13

‘But the tax collector, standing far off,   would not even raise his eyes to heaven   but kept striking his chest   and saying, “God, have mercy on me,   , a sinner! ”

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord,  all you humble  of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the  Lord’s anger.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows?  God may turn and relent; he may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.

Joel 2:14

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind him, so that you can offer a grain offering and a drink offering to the Lord your God.

Ezekiel 16:63

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed,  and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.  This is the declaration of the Lord God.” ’

Jeremiah 31:17

There is hope for your future   – this is the  Lord’s declaration – and your children will return to their own territory.

2 Chronicles 33:12

When he was in distress, he sought the favour of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself  before the God of his ancestors.

Job 16:15

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my strength  in the dust.