Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And went

At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

General references

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.