Job 2:8

New King James Version

And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:19

Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

Esther 4:1

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

Esther 4:3

And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Job 2:9

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Job 42:6

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

Psalm 38:5

My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Isaiah 61:3

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, Dress in sackcloth And roll about in ashes! Make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.

Ezekiel 27:30

They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes;

Jonah 3:6

Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.

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.