Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Put ashes
Laid her
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Bible References
Put ashes
2 Samuel 1:2
And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
Job 2:12
And when they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him. And they raised their voices and wept, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven.
Job 42:6
therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Laid her
Jeremiah 2:37
From it too you will come away with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them.
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Genesis 44:13
Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.