Jonah 3:6

The King's Proclamation

⁵ And the people of Nineveh believed God, and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ⁶ And the news 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. ⁷ And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed, nor drink water,

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Esther 4:1-4

Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry.

Job 2:8

And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.

Ezekiel 27:30-31

and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads. They shall wallow themselves in the ashes.

James 4:6-10

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

Psalm 2:10-12

Now therefore be wise, O ye kings. Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes. Make thee mourning, as for an only son, a most bitter lamentation. For the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say thou to the king and to the queen-mother: Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your coronets have come down, even the crown of your glory.

Matthew 11:21

Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that occurred in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13

Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works were done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

James 1:9-10

Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,

Job 42:6

Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

Daniel 9:3

And I set my face to LORD God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Micah 1:10

Tell it not in Gath. Weep not at all. I have rolled myself in the dust at Beth-le-aphrah.