Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ashes » Repenting in
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
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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].
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Condemnation » Men under
For my life is spent with sorrow
And my years with sighing;
My strength has failed because of my iniquity,
And even my body has wasted away.
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
But David’s heart (conscience) troubled him after he had counted the people. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the sin of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus you have said, “Truly our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we are rotting away because of them; how then can we live?”’
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Conviction of sin » Examples of » Job
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
Then Job answered the Lord and said,
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A voice is heard on the barren heights,
The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel,
Because they have lost their way,
They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
Dust » Put on the head in mourning
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and [with great sorrow] they put dust on their heads.
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When they looked from a distance and did not recognize him [because of his disfigurement], they raised their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe [in grief] and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky [in sorrow].
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“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, with his head covered and walking barefoot [in despair]. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
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Now a man [from the tribe] of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that same day with his clothes torn and dust on his head [as signs of mourning over the disaster].
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On the third day a man came [unexpectedly] from Saul’s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head [as in mourning]. When he came to David, he bowed to the ground and lay himself face down [in an act of great respect and submission].
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Humility » Exemplified
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I am not a man of words (eloquent, fluent), neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
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But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
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“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job » A man who lived in uz » Submission of, to God
Then Job replied to the Lord: Behold, I am of small account and vile! What shall I answer You? I lay my hand upon my mouth. I have spoken once, but I will not reply again -- "indeed, twice [have I answered], but I will proceed no further.
Then Job said to the Lord, I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted. [You said to me] Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge? Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. read more.
[I had virtually said to You what You have said to me:] Hear, I beseech You, and I will speak; I will demand of You, and You declare to me. I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You. Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.
[I had virtually said to You what You have said to me:] Hear, I beseech You, and I will speak; I will demand of You, and You declare to me. I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You. Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes.
Repentance » Examples of » Job
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
For He has torn us, but He will heal us;
He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
Then Job answered the Lord and said,
Verse Concepts
A voice is heard on the barren heights,
The weeping and pleading of the children of Israel,
Because they have lost their way,
They have [deliberately] forgotten the Lord their God.
Repentance » Should be accompanied by » Self-abhorrence
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Repentance » True--exemplified » Job
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
Sin » Saints » Abhor themselves on account of
“Therefore I retract [my words and hate myself]
And I repent in dust and ashes.”
There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all your evil deeds which you have done.
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