Lamentations 3:16

Modern English Version

He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and covered me with ashes.

Cross References

Job 2:8

So he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

Job 4:10

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Psalm 102:9

For I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drink with tears,

Psalm 3:7

Arise, O  Lord; save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break their teeth in their mouths; break out the fangs of the young lions, O  Lord!

Proverbs 20:17

The bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward is his mouth filled with gravel.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth and wallow in ashes. Mourn as for an only son, a most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

Jonah 3:6

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Matthew 7:9

“What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?

Luke 11:11

“If a son asks for 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?