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 kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.
Psalm 38:5
My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Luke 16:20
And there was a poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his gateway full of sores,

He sat

Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her vest of many colours which was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went away, crying out as she went.
Isaiah 61:3
to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Ezekiel 27:30
and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in ashes.
Jonah 3:6
And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Matthew 11:21
Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.