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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- Esther 4:1
"When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;"
Read in chapter → - James 4:6
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
Read in chapter → - Daniel 9:3
"And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:"
Read in chapter → - Job 2:8
"And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 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:"
Read in chapter → - James 1:9
"Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:"
Read in chapter → - Luke 10:13
"Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 13:18
"Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory."
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