Lamentations 3:40

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.”

"Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD." - Lamentations 3:40
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What does Lamentations 3:40 mean?

The Bible verse Lamentations 3:40, as found in the King James Version (KJV), reads: "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord." This verse comes from the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments for the destruction of Jerusalem and the…

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The Path of Reflection: Turning Back to God

In the book of Lamentations, the prophet Jeremiah laments the devastation of Jerusalem following its destruction, but buried within his grief is a profound lesson on introspection and repentance. One verse that stands out amid this sorrow is Lamentations 3:40: "Let us search and…

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A Prayer of Reflection and Restoration

Heavenly Father, In the stillness of this moment, we come before You with humble hearts, recognizing our need for Your presence in our lives. We reflect on the profound words of Lamentations 3:40, which call us to, "Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD."…

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Lamentations 3:36 - "To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not."
Lamentations 3:3 - "Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day."
Lamentations 3:38 - "Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?"
Lamentations 3:27 - "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth."
Lamentations 3:47 - "Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction."
Lamentations 3:19 - "Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall."
Lamentations 3:34 - "To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,"
Lamentations 3:50 - "Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven."
Lamentations 3:29 - "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Lamentations 3:2 - "He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light."
Lamentations 3:21 - "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."
Lamentations 3:37 - "¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?"
Lamentations 3:49 - "Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,"
Lamentations 3:45 - "Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people."
Lamentations 3:20 - "My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me."
Lamentations 3:35 - "To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,"
Lamentations 3:63 - "Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick."
Lamentations 3:33 - "For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lamentations 3:46 - "All our enemies have opened their mouths against us."
Lamentations 3:42 - "We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned."
Lamentations 3:65 - "Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them."
Lamentations 3:66 - "Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD."
Lamentations 3:6 - "He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old."