Lamentations 3:29

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope;

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Job 16:15

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.

Job 40:4

“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer thee? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Jeremiah 31:17

There is hope for your future, says the Lord, and your children shall come back to their own country.

Ezekiel 16:63

that you may remember and be confounded, and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I forgive you all that you have done, says the Lord God.”

Joel 2:14

Who knows whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the Lord, your God?

Jonah 3:9

Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?”

Zephaniah 2:3

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the Lord.

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

Romans 3:19

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