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Job 2:8

"And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes."

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  • Job 42:6

    "Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

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  • Ezekiel 27:30

    "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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  • Jonah 3:6

    "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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  • Matthew 11:21

    "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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  • Psalms 38:5

    "My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness."

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  • Luke 16:20

    "And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,"

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  • 2 Samuel 13:19

    "And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying."

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  • Jeremiah 6:26

    "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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  • Psalms 38:7

    "For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh."

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  • Job 19:14

    "My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me."

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