Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Took him
Bible References
Took him
Job 19:14
“My relatives have failed [me],
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
“My relatives have failed [me],
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
Psalm 38:5
My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.
My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.
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 [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
2 Samuel 13:19
So Tamar put dust on her head [in grief] and tore the long-sleeved robe which she had on, and she put her hand on her head and went away crying out [for help].
Isaiah 61:3
To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:
To give them aturban instead of dust [on their heads, a sign of mourning],
The oil of joy instead of mourning,
The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
To grant to those who mourn in Zion the following:
To give them a
The oil of joy instead of mourning,
The garment [expressive] of praise instead of a disheartened spirit.
So they will be called the trees of righteousness [strong and magnificent, distinguished for integrity, justice, and right standing with God],
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.
Ezekiel 27:30
And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you
And they will cry bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads;
They will wallow in ashes.
And they will make their voice heard [as they wail loudly] over you
And they will cry bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads;
They will wallow in ashes.
Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].
Matthew 11:21 “Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities of the Gentiles], they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes [their hearts would have been changed and they would have expressed sorrow for their sin and rebellion against God].