Lamentations 3:16

New American Bible - revised edition

He has made me eat gravel, trampled me into the dust;

Cross References

Job 2:8

He took a potsherd to scrape himself, as he sat among the ashes.

Job 4:10

Though the lion roars, though the king of beasts cries out, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken;

Psalm 102:9

All day long my enemies taunt me; in their rage, they make my name a curse.

Psalm 3:7

I do not fear, then, thousands of people arrayed against me on every side.

Psalm 58:6

So as not to hear the voice of the charmer or the enchanter with cunning spells.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread earned by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth is filled with gravel.

Jeremiah 6:26

Daughter of my people, dress in sackcloth, roll in the ashes. Mourn as for an only child with bitter wailing: “How suddenly the destroyer comes upon us!”

Jonah 3:6

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Matthew 7:9

Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread,

Luke 11:11

What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?