Lamentations 3:39 Cross References
Lamentations 3:39
39: Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?
Micah 7:9
- I will be patient as the LORD punishes me, for I have sinned against him. But after that, he will take up my case and punish my enemies for all the evil they have done to me. The LORD will bring me out of my darkness into the light, and I will see his righteousness.
Proverbs 19:3
- People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD.
Leviticus 26:43
- And the land will enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will receive the due punishment for their sins, for they rejected my regulations and despised my laws.
Genesis 4:5
- but he did not accept Cain and his offering. This made Cain very angry and dejected.
- "Why are you so angry?" the LORD asked him. "Why do you look so dejected?
- You will be accepted if you respond in the right way. But if you refuse to respond correctly, then watch out! Sin is waiting to attack and destroy you, and you must subdue it."
2 Samuel 6:7
- Then the LORD's anger blazed out against Uzzah for doing this, and God struck him dead beside the Ark of God.
- David was angry because the LORD's anger had blazed out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means "outbreak against Uzzah"). It is still called that today.
Job 11:6
- If only he would tell you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom is not a simple matter. Listen! God is doubtless punishing you far less than you deserve!
Lamentations 3:22
- The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction.
Revelation 16:9
- Everyone was burned by this blast of heat, and they cursed the name of God, who sent all of these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.
Numbers 17:12
- Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "We are as good as dead! We are ruined!
Hebrews 12:5
- And have you entirely forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you, his children? He said, "My child, don't ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don't be discouraged when he corrects you.
- For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children."
- As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Whoever heard of a child who was never disciplined?
- If God doesn't discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all.
- Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever?
Ezra 9:13
- "Now we are being punished because of our wickedness and our great guilt. But we have actually been punished far less than we deserve, for you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive as a remnant.
Leviticus 26:41
- Finally, when I have given full expression to my hostility and have brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their disobedient hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.
Jeremiah 30:15
- Why do you protest your punishment--this wound that has no cure? I have had to punish you because your sins are many and your guilt is great.
2 Kings 6:32
- Elisha was sitting in his house at a meeting with the leaders of Israel when the king sent a messenger to summon him. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, "A murderer has sent a man to kill me. When he arrives, shut the door and keep him out. His master will soon follow him."
Joshua 7:6
- Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothing in dismay, threw dust on their heads, and bowed down facing the Ark of the LORD until evening.
- Then Joshua cried out, "Sovereign LORD, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!
- Lord, what am I to say, now that Israel has fled from its enemies?
- For when the Canaanites and all the other people living in the land hear about it, they will surround us and wipe us off the face of the earth. And then what will happen to the honor of your great name?"
- But the LORD said to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying on your face like this?
Jonah 4:8
- And as the sun grew hot, God sent a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. "Death is certainly better than this!" he exclaimed.
- Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?Yes," Jonah retorted, "even angry enough to die!"
Numbers 11:11
- And Moses said to the LORD, "Why are you treating me, your servant, so miserably? What did I do to deserve the burden of a people like this?
Isaiah 38:17
- Yes, it was good for me to suffer this anguish, for you have rescued me from death and have forgiven all my sins.
- For the dead cannot praise you; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to destruction can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
- Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation can make known your faithfulness to the next.
Genesis 4:13
- Cain replied to the LORD, "My punishment is too great for me to bear!
- You have banished me from my land and from your presence; you have made me a wandering fugitive. All who see me will try to kill me!"
Isaiah 51:20
- For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as antelopes caught in a net. The LORD has poured out his fury; God has rebuked them.
2 Kings 3:13
- "I want no part of you," Elisha said to the king of Israel. "Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!" But King Joram said, "No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here to be destroyed by the king of Moab!"
Jonah 2:3
- You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
- Then I said, `O LORD, you have driven me from your presence. How will I ever again see your holy Temple?'
Numbers 16:41
- But the very next morning the whole community began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You two have killed the LORD's people!"