Ezra 9:3

God's Word

When I heard this, I tore my clothes ⌞in distress⌟, pulled hair from my scalp and my beard, and sat down in shock.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David grabbed his own clothes and tore them in grief. All the men with him did the same.

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.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard this, I sat down and cried. I mourned for days. I continued to fast and pray to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I reprimanded those Jews, cursed them, beat some of them, and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God: “We won’t allow our daughters to marry their sons, and we won’t allow their daughters to marry us or our sons.”

Job 1:20

Job stood up, tore his robe in grief, and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground and worshiped.

Psalm 119:53

I am burning with anger because of wicked people, who abandon your teachings.

Psalm 143:4

That is why I begin to lose hope and my heart is in a state of shock.

Psalm 66:3

Say to God, “How awe-inspiring are your deeds! Your power is so great that your enemies will cringe in front of you.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.

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.

Jeremiah 7:29

“Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the bare hills, because in his anger the Lord has rejected and abandoned the people of this generation.

Ezekiel 3:15

I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles who lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. All their faces will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel (who had been renamed Belteshazzar) was momentarily stunned. What he was thinking frightened him. I told him, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream and its meaning frighten you.” Belteshazzar answered, “Sir, I wish that the dream were about those who hate you and its meaning were about your enemies.

Daniel 8:27

I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and worked for the king. The vision horrified me because I couldn’t understand it.

Leviticus 21:5

“You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.

Micah 1:16

Shave your head in mourning for the children you love. Make yourselves as bald as vultures because your children will be taken from you into exile.

Joshua 7:6

Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes in grief. They put dust on their heads and bowed down to the ground in front of the Lord’s ark. They stayed there until evening.