Genesis 37:34

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 37:29

Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

Genesis 42:38

But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 44:13

Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

2 Samuel 1:11

Therefore David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 3:31

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.

1 Kings 20:31

Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”

1 Kings 21:27

So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.

2 Kings 19:1

And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 2:12

And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.

2 Kings 22:11

Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.

1 Chronicles 21:16

Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

1 Chronicles 7:22

Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads.

Job 1:20

Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

Job 16:15

“I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

Job 2:12

And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven.

Psalm 69:11

I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent ones; Strip yourselves, make yourselves bare, And gird sackcloth on your waists.

Isaiah 36:22

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Jeremiah 36:24

Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

Jeremiah 48:37

“For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped; On all the hands shall be cuts, and on the loins sackcloth—

Joel 2:13

So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.

Matthew 11:21

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 26:65

Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!

Acts 14:14

But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Judges 11:35

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low! You are among those who trouble me! For I have given my word to the Lord, and I cannot go back on it.”