Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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;
All that
With ashes
And cried
General references
Bible References
All that
Esther 3:8
Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom, yet living in isolation. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws. It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
With ashes
Esther 4:3
There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict came. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.
2 Samuel 13:19
Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away crying out.
Job 2:8
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
Job 42:6 Therefore I take back my words
and repent in dust and ashes.
and repent in dust and ashes.
Isaiah 58:5 Will the fast I choose be like this:
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Ezekiel 27:30 They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Jonah 3:6
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.
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!
And cried
Isaiah 15:4 Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,
and they tremble.
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,
and they tremble.
Isaiah 22:4 Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear people.”
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear
Ezekiel 21:6
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes.
Ezekiel 27:31 They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
Micah 1:8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
Zephaniah 1:14 The great Day of the Lord is near,
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the Day of the Lord—
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the Day of the Lord—
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.
Revelation 18:17 for in a single hour
such fabulous wealth was destroyed!
And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
such fabulous wealth was destroyed!
And every shipmaster, seafarer, the sailors, and all who do business by sea, stood far off
General references
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.