1 Kings 21:27

God's Word

When Ahab heard these things, he tore his clothes ⌞in distress⌟ and dressed in sackcloth. He fasted, lay in sackcloth, and walked around depressed.

Cross References

Genesis 37:34

Then, to show his grief, Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son a long time.

2 Samuel 3:31

David told Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” King David followed the open casket.

1 Kings 21:28

Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah from Tishbe:

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace and was the son of Hilkiah, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, who was the royal historian and the son of Asaph, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief. They told him the message from the field commander.

2 Kings 19:1

When King Hezekiah heard the message, he tore his clothes in grief, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the Lord’s temple.

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard the woman say this, he tore his clothes ⌞in distress⌟. As he was walking on the city wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

1 Chronicles 21:16

When David looked up, he saw the Messenger of the Lord standing between heaven and earth. The Messenger had a sword in his hand and stretched it over Jerusalem. David and the leaders were dressed in sackcloth. They bowed down with their faces touching the ground.

Job 16:15

“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have thrown my strength in the dust.

Exodus 33:4

When the people heard this bad news, they acted as if someone had died. No one wore any jewelry.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.

Isaiah 38:15

What can I say now that he has spoken to me? He has done this. I will be careful the rest of my life because of my bitter experience.

Jeremiah 36:24

The king and all his attendants didn’t show any fear or tear their clothes in fear when they heard everything being read.

Joel 1:13

Put on your sackcloth and mourn, you priests. Cry loudly, you servants of the altar. Spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God. Grain offerings and wine offerings are withheld from your God’s temple.

Jonah 3:10

God saw what they did. He saw that they turned from their wicked ways. So God reconsidered his threat to destroy them, and he didn’t do it.

Jonah 3:6

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Revelation 11:3

I will allow my two witnesses who wear sackcloth to speak what God has revealed. They will speak for 1,260 days.”