Jonah 3:6

The King's Proclamation

⁵ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. ⁶ For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. ⁷ And he caused it to be proclaimed 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

When Mordecai perceived 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 himself a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes.

Ezekiel 27:30-31

And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow in the ashes:

James 4:6-10

But he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, but gives grace unto the humble.

Psalm 2:10-12

Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and roll yourself about in ashes: make yourself mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your rule shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

Matthew 11:21

Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13

Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

James 1:9-10

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

Job 42:6

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

Lamentations 3:29

He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

Daniel 9:3

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Micah 1:10

Declare it not at Gath, weep not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust.