Lamentations 3:40
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.”Lamentations 3:40
What Does Lamentations 3:40 Mean?
Lamentations 3:40 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 3, verse 40 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 3:40 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Chronicles 7:14“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”2 Corinthians 13:5“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”Psalms 139:23“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:”Psalms 4:4“Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.”Joel 2:12“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:”Isaiah 55:7“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”Psalms 119:59“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.”Haggai 1:5“Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.”Hosea 6:1“Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.”Luke 15:18“I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,”1 Corinthians 11:28“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.”Hosea 14:1“O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.”Acts 3:19“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;”2 Chronicles 30:9“For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.”Joshua 7:13“Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.”2 Chronicles 30:6“So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.”Psalms 77:6“I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.”Ezekiel 18:28“Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.”1 Corinthians 11:31“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.”Deuteronomy 4:30“When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;”
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