Lamentations 3:16

New Living Translation

He has made me chew on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust.

Cross References

Job 2:8

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

Job 4:10

The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken.

Psalm 102:9

I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink

Psalm 3:7

Arise, O Lord! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

Psalm 58:6

Break off their fangs, O God! Smash the jaws of these lions, O Lord!

Proverbs 20:17

Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth.

Jeremiah 6:26

Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap and sit among the ashes. Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.

Matthew 7:9

“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?

Luke 11:11

“You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?