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.

Ezekiel 27:30

They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in 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!

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 19:14-17

My relatives stop coming by,
and my close friends have forgotten me.

Psalm 38:5

My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are full of burning pain,
and there is no health in my body.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.

Jeremiah 6:26

My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.

Luke 16:20-21

But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was left at his gate.

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