Joshua 7:6

Modern English Version

Then Joshua ripped his clothes. He and the Israelite elders fell on their faces to the ground in front of the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt upon their heads.

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.

Genesis 37:34

Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his waist and mourned for his son many days.

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they throw dust on their heads and gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.

2 Samuel 13:31

Then the king arose, tore his garments, and lay on the ground, while all of his servants who were standing nearby tore their garments.

Numbers 14:6

Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, from the ones who explored the land, tore their clothes.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying: ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships in the sea grew rich from her wealth! In one hour she has been laid waste!’

Acts 14:14

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,

Job 2:12

They saw him from a distance and did not recognize him, so they wept aloud. Each one tore his robe, and they tossed dust into the air above their heads.

Job 1:20

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshipped.

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry.

2 Samuel 12:16

David entreated God on behalf of the child. He fasted for a period, and he would go in and lie throughout the night on the ground.

2 Samuel 1:12

They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul, Jonathan his son, the people of the Lord, and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

1 Samuel 4:12

There ran a man of Benjamin from the battle line, and he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and with dust upon his head.

Judges 21:2

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They raised their voices and wept, sobbing loudly.

Judges 20:26

Then all the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

Judges 20:23

Then the Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we advance and fight our brother-tribesmen the Benjamites again?” The Lord said, “Advance against them.”

Numbers 16:45

“Get up from among this assembly, that I may destroy them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.

Numbers 16:22

They fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, will one man sin and You will be angry with all the assembly?”

Joshua 7:7

Joshua said, “O Lord God, why did You bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to dwell on the other side of the Jordan!

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, as did all of the men who were with him.

2 Kings 22:11

When the king had heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.

2 Chronicles 34:19

And it happened that when the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his garments.

Job 42:6

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

Judges 11:35

When he saw her, he ripped up his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought utter disaster to me. You are my undoing, for I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

2 Samuel 1:2

On the third day, behold, a man came from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt upon his head. As he approached David, he fell to the ground prostrate.

2 Samuel 13:19

So Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and left, wailing as she went.

Ezra 10:1

Now while Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large congregation of men, women, and children gathered around him from Israel, for the people too wept bitterly.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and sackcloth, and there was dirt on them.

Esther 4:3

In each and every province where the king’s command and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.