Leviticus 13:45
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45 “The person who has the defiling disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head be disheveled, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’
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Micah 3:7
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7 the seers shall be disgraced
and the diviners put to shame;
they shall all cover their lips,
for there is no answer from God.(A)
Leviticus 10:6
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6 And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not dishevel your hair and do not tear your vestments, or you will die, and wrath will strike all the congregation; but your kindred, the whole house of Israel, may mourn the burning that the Lord has sent.(A)
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Ezekiel 24:17
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17 Groan quietly; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.[a](A)
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- 24.17 Vg Tg: Heb of men
Lamentations 4:15
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15 “Away! Unclean!” people shouted at them;
“Away! Away! Do not touch!”
So they became fugitives and wanderers;
it was said among the nations,
“They shall stay here no longer.”(A)
Luke 17:12
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12 As he entered a village, ten men with a skin disease approached him. Keeping their distance,(A)
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Ezekiel 24:22
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22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.[a]
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- 24.22 Vg Tg: Heb of men
Leviticus 21:10
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10 “The priest who is exalted above his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the vestments, shall not dishevel his hair nor tear his vestments.(A)
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Luke 7:6-7
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6 And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; 7 therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed.
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Luke 5:8
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8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
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Isaiah 64:6
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6 We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth.
We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.(A)
Isaiah 6:5
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5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(A)
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Psalm 51:3
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3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.(A)
Joel 2:13
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13 rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love,
and relenting from punishment.(A)
Jeremiah 36:24
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24 Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments.(A)
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Jeremiah 3:25
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25 Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us, for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our ancestors, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”(A)
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Psalm 51:5
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5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.(A)
Job 42:6
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6 therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”(A)
Job 1:20
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A)
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2 Samuel 13:19
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19 But Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she was wearing; she put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.(A)
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Genesis 37:29
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29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.(A)
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Isaiah 52:11
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11 Depart, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.(A)
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