Jonah 3:6

The King's Proclamation

⁵ The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least. ⁶ When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ⁷ Then he issued a decree in Nineveh:

By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.

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Esther 4:1-4

When Mordecai learned all that had occurred, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.

Job 2:8

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Ezekiel 27:30-31

They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.

James 4:6-10

But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:

God resists the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.

Psalm 2:10-12

So now, kings, be wise;
receive instruction, you judges of the earth.

Jeremiah 6:26

My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and the queen mother:
Take a humble seat,
for your glorious crowns
have fallen from your heads.

Matthew 11:21

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago!

Luke 10:13

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes!

James 1:9-10

The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,

Job 42:6

Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust—
perhaps there is still hope.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Micah 1:10

Don’t announce it in Gath,
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.