Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Bible References

Took him

Job 19:14
“My relatives have failed,
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
Psalm 38:5
My wounds grow foul and fester
Because of my folly.
Luke 16:20
And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

He sat

Job 42:6
Therefore I retract,
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
2 Samuel 13:19
Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.
Isaiah 61:3
To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
Ezekiel 27:30
And they will make their voice heard over you
And will cry bitterly.
They will cast dust on their heads,
They will wallow in ashes.
Jonah 3:6
When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.
Matthew 11:21
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.