Job 2:8
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8 Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.
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Job 42:6
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6 I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Jonah 3:6
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6 When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.
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Ezekiel 27:30
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30 They cry aloud over you
and weep bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and roll in ashes.
Matthew 11:21
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21 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
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Luke 16:20-21
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20 At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. 21 As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.
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Jeremiah 6:26
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26 Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap
and sit among the ashes.
Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son.
For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!
Isaiah 61:3
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3 To all who mourn in Israel,[a]
he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,
a joyous blessing instead of mourning,
festive praise instead of despair.
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks
that the Lord has planted for his own glory.
Footnotes
- 61:3 Hebrew in Zion.
Psalm 38:7
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7 A raging fever burns within me,
and my health is broken.
Psalm 38:5
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5 My wounds fester and stink
because of my foolish sins.
Job 19:14-17
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14 My family is gone,
and my close friends have forgotten me.
15 My servants and maids consider me a stranger.
I am like a foreigner to them.
16 When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
I have to plead with him!
17 My breath is repulsive to my wife.
I am rejected by my own family.
2 Samuel 13:19
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19 But now Tamar tore her robe and put ashes on her head. And then, with her face in her hands, she went away crying.
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