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Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 Job[a] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.(A)
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Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)
Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
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Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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6 therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”(A)
Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Jonah 3:6
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Jonah 3:6
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6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.(A)
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Jonah 3:6
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Jonah 3:6
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6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(A)
Jonah 3:6
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Jonah 3:6
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6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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Ezekiel 27:30
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Ezekiel 27:30
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30 and wail aloud over you
and cry bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;(A)
Ezekiel 27:30
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Ezekiel 27:30
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Ezekiel 27:30
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Ezekiel 27:30
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30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
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Matthew 11:21
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Matthew 11:21
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21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(A)
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Matthew 11:21
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Matthew 11:21
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21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!(A) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,(B) they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(C)
Matthew 11:21
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Matthew 11:21
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21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Luke 16:20-21
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Luke 16:20-21
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20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,(A) 21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
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Luke 16:20-21
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Luke 16:20-21
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20 At his gate was laid a beggar(A) named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table.(B) Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke 16:20-21
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Luke 16:20-21
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20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
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Jeremiah 6:26
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Jeremiah 6:26
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26 O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
and roll in ashes;
make mourning as for an only child,
most bitter lamentation,
for suddenly the destroyer
will come upon us.(A)
Jeremiah 6:26
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Jeremiah 6:26
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26 O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
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Isaiah 61:3
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Isaiah 61:3
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3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(A)
Isaiah 61:3
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Isaiah 61:3
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3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(A) of beauty
instead of ashes,(B)
the oil(C) of joy
instead of mourning,(D)
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting(E) of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.(F)
Isaiah 61:3
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Isaiah 61:3
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3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
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Psalm 38:7
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Psalm 38:7
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7 For my loins are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.(A)
Psalm 38:7
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Psalm 38:7
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Psalm 38:7
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Psalm 38:7
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7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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