1 Kings 20:31
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Ahab’s Treaty with Ben-Hadad
31 Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us (A)put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”
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2 Samuel 3:31
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David’s Mourning for Abner
31 Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, (A)“Tear your clothes, (B)gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.
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Genesis 37:34
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34 Then Jacob (A)tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and (B)mourned for his son many days.
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1 Kings 20:23
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The Syrians Again Defeated
23 Then the servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. Therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them in the plain, surely we will be stronger than they.
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Revelation 11:3
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3 And I will give power to my two (A)witnesses, (B)and they will prophesy (C)one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”
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Ephesians 1:7-8
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7 (A)In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to (B)the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and [a]prudence,
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- Ephesians 1:8 understanding
Matthew 10:28
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28 (A)And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather (B)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in [a]hell.
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- Matthew 10:28 Gr. Gehenna
Jonah 3:5-6
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The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the (A)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth (B)and sat in ashes.
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Isaiah 37:1
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Isaiah Assures Deliverance(A)
37 And (B)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
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Isaiah 22:12
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12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
Isaiah 16:5
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5 In mercy (A)the throne will be established;
And One will sit on it in truth, in the tabernacle of David,
(B)Judging and seeking justice and hastening (C)righteousness.”
Proverbs 20:28
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- Proverbs 20:28 mercy
Job 2:4
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4 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in [a]Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for (A)three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; (B)and if I perish, I perish!”
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- Esther 4:16 Or Susa
Esther 4:1-3
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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
4 When Mordecai learned all that had happened, [a]he (A)tore his clothes and put on sackcloth (B)and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He (C)cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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- Esther 4:1 Lit. Mordecai
2 Kings 19:1-2
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Isaiah Assures Deliverance(A)
19 And (B)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with (C)sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
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2 Kings 7:4
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4 If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the (A)army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die.”
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2 Kings 5:13
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13 And his (A)servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
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1 Kings 21:27-29
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27 So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and (A)put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.
28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he (B)has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. (C)In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house.”
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2 Samuel 14:2
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2 And Joab sent to (A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, (B)and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.
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