Lamentations 3:29 · KJV
“He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.”
— Lamentations 3:29
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Lamentations 3 — Context
{It is} good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Cross References
Job 40:4
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
Jeremiah 31:17
And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Ezekiel 16:63
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as {his} eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Jonah 3:9
Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
2 Chronicles 33:12
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Romans 3:19
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}