Lamentations 3:16

He has broken my teeth with gravel;
He has [covered me with ashes and] made me cower in the dust.

Proverbs 20:17

Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].

O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah],
Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes;
Mourn [aloud] as for an only son,
A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret],
For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].

Psalm 3:7

Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God!
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;
You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Psalm 58:6

O God, break their teeth in their mouth;
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord.

Job 2:8

And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).

Job 4:10

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

Psalm 102:9

For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And have mingled my drink with tears

Jonah 3:6

When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].

Matthew 7:9

Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will [instead] give him a stone?

Luke 11:11

What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

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