Joshua 7:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

Joshua and the leaders of Israel tore their clothes in grief, threw themselves to the ground before the Lord's Covenant Box, and lay there till evening, with dust on their heads to show their sorrow.

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow.

Genesis 37:34

Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time.

Lamentations 2:10

Jerusalem's old men sit on the ground in silence, With dust on their heads and sackcloth on their bodies. Young women bow their heads to the ground.

2 Samuel 13:31

The king stood up, tore his clothes in sorrow, and threw himself to the ground. The servants who were there with him tore their clothes also.

Numbers 14:6

And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of the spies, tore their clothes in sorrow

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads, they cried and mourned, saying, “How terrible! How awful for the great city! She is the city where all who have ships sailing the seas became rich on her wealth! And in one hour she has lost everything!”

Acts 14:14

When Barnabas and Paul heard what they were about to do, they tore their clothes and ran into the middle of the crowd, shouting,

Job 2:12

While they were still a long way off they saw Job, but did not recognize him. When they did, they began to weep and wail, tearing their clothes in grief and throwing dust into the air and on their heads.

Job 1:20

Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face downward on the ground.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes in anguish. Then he dressed in sackcloth, covered his head with ashes, and walked through the city, wailing loudly and bitterly,

2 Samuel 12:16

David prayed to God that the child would get well. He refused to eat anything, and every night he went into his room and spent the night lying on the floor.

2 Samuel 1:12

They grieved and mourned and fasted until evening for Saul and Jonathan and for Israel, the people of the Lord, because so many had been killed in battle.

1 Samuel 4:12

A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran all the way from the battlefield to Shiloh and arrived there the same day. To show his grief, he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head.

Judges 21:2

So now the people of Israel went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of God until evening. Loudly and bitterly they mourned:

Judges 20:26

Then all the people of Israel went up to Bethel and mourned. They sat there in the Lord's presence and did not eat until evening. They offered fellowship sacrifices and burned some sacrifices whole—all in the presence of the Lord.

Numbers 16:45

“Move back from these people, and I will destroy them on the spot!” The two of them bowed down with their faces to the ground,

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron bowed down with their faces to the ground and said, “O God, you are the source of all life. When one of us sins, do you become angry with the whole community?”

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said, “Sovereign Lord! Why did you bring us across the Jordan at all? To turn us over to the Amorites? To destroy us? Why didn't we just stay on the other side of the Jordan?

2 Samuel 1:11

David tore his clothes in sorrow, and all his men did the same.

2 Kings 22:11

When the king heard the book being read, he tore his clothes in dismay,

2 Chronicles 34:19

When the king heard the book being read, he tore his clothes in dismay

Job 42:6

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he tore his clothes in sorrow and said, “Oh, my daughter! You are breaking my heart! Why must it be you that causes me pain? I have made a solemn promise to the Lord, and I cannot take it back!”

2 Samuel 1:2

The next day a young man arrived from Saul's camp. To show his grief, he had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head. He went to David and bowed to the ground in respect.

2 Samuel 13:19

She sprinkled ashes on her head, tore her robe, and with her face buried in her hands went away crying.

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra was bowing in prayer in front of the Temple, weeping and confessing these sins, a large group of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, weeping bitterly.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month the people of Israel gathered to fast in order to show sorrow for their sins. They had already separated themselves from all foreigners. They wore sackcloth and put dust on their heads as signs of grief. Then they stood and began to confess the sins that they and their ancestors had committed.

Esther 4:3

Throughout all the provinces, wherever the king's proclamation was made known, there was loud mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, wailed, and most of them put on sackcloth and lay in ashes.