Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Bible References
Putteth
2 Chronicles 33:12
But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Job 40:4
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job 42:5
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.
Ezekiel 16:63
so that you may remember [in detail] and be ashamed and never open your mouth again because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” says the Lord God.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].
If
Joel 2:14
Who knows whether He will relent [and revoke your sentence],
And leave a blessing behind Him,
Even a grain offering and a drink offering [from the bounty He provides you]
For the Lord your God?
Who knows whether He will relent [and revoke your sentence],
And leave a blessing behind Him,
Even a grain offering and a drink offering [from the bounty He provides you]
For the Lord your God?
Jonah 3:9
Who knows, God may turn [in compassion] and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.”
Zephaniah 2:3
Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and regard Him as the foremost necessity of your life],
All you humble of the land
Who have practiced His ordinances and have kept His commandments;
Seek righteousness, seek humility [regard them as vital].
Perhaps you will be hidden [and pardoned and rescued]
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Seek the Lord [search diligently for Him and regard Him as the foremost necessity of your life],
All you humble of the land
Who have practiced His ordinances and have kept His commandments;
Seek righteousness, seek humility [regard them as vital].
Perhaps you will be hidden [and pardoned and rescued]
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Luke 15:18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.
Luke 18:13 But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes toward heaven, but was striking his chest [in humility and repentance], saying, ‘God, be merciful and gracious to me, the [especially wicked] sinner [that I am]!’