Lamentations 3:29

New International Version

Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.

Job 16:15

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

Job 40:4

“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

Jeremiah 31:17

So there is hope for your descendants,” declares the Lord. “Your children will return to their own land.

Ezekiel 16:63

Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”

Joel 2:14

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing— grain offerings and drink offerings for the Lord your God.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.

Luke 18:13

“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.