Lamentations 3:28

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus VII.25Book VII

  “He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.”” — editor's note: Lam. iii. 27, 28, 30.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2

  “Lam. iii. 26–42.” — the author cites it

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  “For the Lord will not cast off forever.”” — editor's note: Lam. iii. 27, 28, 30, 31.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 50

  “He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.”” — editor's note: Lam. iii. 27, 28.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XIX.8Conference XIX

  “I watched and became as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.”” — editor's note: Lam. iii. 27, 28; Ps. ci. (cii.) 7, 8.

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• John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6Conference XVIII

  “I watched and am become like a sparrow alone upon the house-top.”” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 37, 38; Job xxxix. 5–8; Ps. cvi. (cvii.) 2, 4–6; Lam. iii. 27, 28; Ps. ci (cii.) 7, 8.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 2

  “For I own that I am too weak for this warfare, and therefore turned my back, hiding my face in the rout, and sat solitary, because I was filled with bitterness and sought to be silent, understanding that it is an evil time, that the beloved had kicked, that we were become…” — editor's note: Lam. iii. 28.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 3

  “And thus it becomes him to dwell, as it is written in the Prophet Jeremiah:—Blessed is the man who shall take up Thy yoke in his youth, and sit alone and be silent, because he has taken upon him Thy yoke.” — editor's note: Lam. iii. 27, 28.

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• Matthew 5:39

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.25.

• Matthew 7:3

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• Matthew 7:4

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• Matthew 7:5

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• Luke 23:34

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• James 3:2

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• 1 Peter 2:23

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• Exodus 21:24

  Cited together in Against Celsus VII.25.

• Job 39:5

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Job 39:6

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Job 39:7

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Job 39:8

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Psalm 50:20

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• Psalm 102:7

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6 and 1 other place.

• Psalm 102:8

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6 and 1 other place.

• Psalm 107:2

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Psalm 107:4

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Psalm 107:5

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Psalm 107:6

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XVIII.6.

• Isaiah 50:6

  Cited together in Letters Letter 50.

• Isaiah 58:13

  Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XIX.8.