Job 16:15


“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.

Psalm 7:5


Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

Psalm 75:10


All the horns of the wicked He will cut off,
But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.

Genesis 37:34

So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.

1 Samuel 2:10


“The adversaries of the Lord will be broken to pieces;
He will thunder against them in the heavens,
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
And He will give strength to His king,
And will exalt the horn (strength) of His anointed.”

1 Kings 21:27

Now when Ahab heard these words [of Elijah], he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly (mourning).

Job 30:19


“God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis],
And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes.

Psalm 75:5


‘Do not lift up your [defiant and aggressive] horn on high,
Do not speak with a stiff neck.’”

Isaiah 22:12


Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

Bible References

Sewed

1 Kings 21:27
Now when Ahab heard these words [of Elijah], he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly (mourning).
Isaiah 22:12

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].

Defiled my horn

Job 30:19

“God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis],
And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes.
1 Samuel 2:10

“The adversaries of the Lord will be broken to pieces;
He will thunder against them in the heavens,
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
And He will give strength to His king,
And will exalt the horn (strength) of His anointed.”
Psalm 7:5

Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me;
And let him trample my life to the ground
And lay my honor in the dust. Selah.
Psalm 75:5

‘Do not lift up your [defiant and aggressive] horn on high,
Do not speak with a stiff neck.’”