Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ashes » Repenting in
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
The news reached the king of Nineveh. He left his throne, and took off his robe and covered himself with sackcloth. Then he sat in ashes.
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! If the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Condemnation » Men under
My life is spent from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under the weight of my guilt, and my bones waste away.
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
After David had everyone counted, he felt guilty and told Jehovah: What I did was stupid and terribly wrong. Jehovah, please forgive me.
Son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'You people have said: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us. We are rotting away in them. How can we survive?'
Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Come, and let us return to Jehovah. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us. He has wounded us but he will bandage us.
I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.
A voice is heard on the bare hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They are perverted and have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
And Joshua ripped his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the Ark of Jehovah until evening. He threw dust on his head. The elders of Israel did the same.
They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
David went up the slope of the Mount of Olives. He was barefoot and crying. He covered his head to show his sorrow. Everyone with him was crying. They covered their heads too.
A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran all the way from the battlefield to Shiloh and arrived there the same day. To show his grief he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head.
Three days later a soldier came from Saul's army. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. He knelt down in front of David.
Humility » Exemplified
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Moses said: O Jehovah I am not a man of words. I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant. Talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.
But Moses said: Who am I to go to Pharaoh and lead your people out of Egypt?
I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth.
Job » A man who lived in uz » Submission of, to God
JOB ANSWERED JEHOVAH: I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth. I spoke once, but I cannot answer twice. I will proceed no further.
JOB REPLIED TO JEHOVAH: I know that you can do all things and no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked: 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge? Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.' read more.
You said: 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
You said: 'Listen now, and I will speak. I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Repentance » Examples of » Job
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Come, and let us return to Jehovah. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us. He has wounded us but he will bandage us.
I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.
A voice is heard on the bare hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They are perverted and have forgotten Jehovah their God.
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Self-abhorrence
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Repentance » True--exemplified » Job
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Sin » Saints » Abhor themselves on account of
Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.
There you will remember the way you lived and everything you did to dishonor yourselves. You will be disgusted by every wrong thing that you did.