Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Knew him
They rent
Sprinkled dust upon
General references
Bible References
Knew him
Job 19:14 My relatives stop coming by,
and my close friends have forgotten me.
and my close friends have forgotten me.
Ruth 1:19
The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival and the local women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
Lamentations 4:7
ז ZayinHer dignitaries were brighter than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
their appearance like sapphire.
whiter than milk;
their bodies
their appearance like sapphire.
Their voice
Genesis 27:34
When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, my father!”
Judges 2:4
When the Angel of the Lord had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul’s hometown, and told the terms to the people, all wept aloud.
1 Samuel 30:4
David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.
2 Samuel 13:36
Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons entered and wept loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept bitterly.
Esther 4:1
When Mordecai learned all that had occurred, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.
They rent
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
Sprinkled dust upon
Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.
Lamentations 2:10
י YodThe elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
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.
Revelation 18:19
They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:
Woe, woe, the great city,
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth,
for in a single hour she was destroyed.
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth,
for in a single hour
General references
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.