Jonah 3:6 Cross References

Jonah 3:6

6: When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in sackcloth and sat on a heap of ashes.

Esther 4:1

  1. When Mordecai learned what had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, crying with a loud and bitter wail.
  2. He stood outside the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter while wearing clothes of mourning.
  3. And as news of the king's decree reached all the provinces, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and wailed, and many people lay in sackcloth and ashes.
  4. When Queen Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was deeply distressed. She sent clothing to him to replace the sackcloth, but he refused it.

Ezekiel 27:30

  1. They weep bitterly as they throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
  2. They shave their heads in grief because of you and dress themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you with bitter anguish and deep mourning.

James 4:6

  1. He gives us more and more strength to stand against such evil desires. As the Scriptures say, "God sets himself against the proud, but he shows favor to the humble."
  2. So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
  3. Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, you hypocrites.
  4. Let there be tears for the wrong things you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
  5. When you bow down before the Lord and admit your dependence on him, he will lift you up and give you honor.

Job 2:8

  1. Then Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

Luke 10:13

  1. "What horrors await you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have sat in deep repentance long ago, clothed in sackcloth and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.

Matthew 11:21

  1. "What horrors await you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have sat in deep repentance long ago, clothed in sackcloth and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.

James 1:9

  1. Christians who are poor should be glad, for God has honored them.
  2. And those who are rich should be glad, for God has humbled them. They will fade away like a flower in the field.

Jeremiah 6:26

  1. Now my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth, and sit among the ashes. Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. For suddenly, the destroying armies will be upon you!

Jeremiah 13:18

  1. Say to the king and his mother, "Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your glorious crowns will soon be snatched from your heads."

Daniel 9:3

  1. So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I wore rough sackcloth and sprinkled myself with ashes.

Lamentations 3:29

  1. Let them lie face down in the dust; then at last there is hope for them.

Psalms 2:10

  1. Now then, you kings, act wisely! Be warned, you rulers of the earth!
  2. Serve the LORD with reverent fear, and rejoice with trembling.
  3. Submit to God's royal son, or he will become angry, and you will be destroyed in the midst of your pursuits--for his anger can flare up in an instant. But what joy for all who find protection in him!

Job 42:6

  1. I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance."

Micah 1:10

  1. Don't tell our enemies in the city of Gath; don't weep at all. You people in Beth-leaphrah, roll in the dust to show your anguish and despair.
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