62 verses contain “ashes” (in the KJV: 60, in the BSB: 38) — showing 1–62
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have
ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and
ashes—
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moses
sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of
soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to
toss it into the air.
And they took
ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses
sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a
boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
So they took
soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses
tossed it into the air, and
festering boils broke out on man and beast.
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing
ashes, its shovels, its
sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
And he shall
pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the
ashes:
And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
Even the whole
bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the
ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the
ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a
ceremonially clean place where the
ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash
heap.
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen
breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the
ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
And the priest shall put on his linen
robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the
ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and carry the
ashes outside the camp to a
ceremonially clean place.
And they shall take away the
ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth
thereon:
Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,
And a man that is clean shall gather up the
ashes of the
heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a
purification for sin.
And he that gathereth the
ashes of the
heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
The man who has gathered up the
ashes of the
heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be
ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.
And for an unclean person they shall take of the
ashes of the burnt
heifer of
purification for sin, and running water shall be put
thereto in a vessel:
For the
purification of the unclean person, take some of the
ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a
jar, and pour fresh water over them.
And Tamar put
ashes on her head, and rent her garment of
divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
And Tamar put
ashes on her head and
tore her
robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying bitterly.
But the man that shall touch them must be
fenced with iron and the staff of a
spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
The man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a
spear. The fire burns them to
ashes in the place where they lie.”
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
disguised himself with
ashes upon his face.
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king,
disguising himself with a
bandage over his eyes.
And he hasted, and took the
ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel
discerned him that he was of the prophets.
Then the prophet quickly removed the
bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for
Baal, and for the
grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the
ashes of them unto
Bethel.
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for
Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their
ashes to
Bethel.
When
Mordecai perceived all that was done,
Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on
sackcloth with
ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and
cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
When
Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he
tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth and
ashes, and went out into the middle of the city,
wailing loudly and bitterly.
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great
mourning among the Jews. They fasted,
wept, and
lamented, and many lay in
sackcloth and
ashes.
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to
scrape himself as he sat among the
ashes.
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
Your maxims are
proverbs of
ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
He hath cast me into the
mire, and I am become like dust and
ashes.
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
Wherefore I
abhor myself, and
repent in dust and
ashes.
Therefore I retract my words, and I
repent in dust and
ashes.”
For I have eaten
ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with
weeping,
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the
hoar frost like
ashes.
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the
frost like
ashes;
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
The peoples will be burned to
ashes, like thorns cut down and set
ablaze.
He feedeth on
ashes: a
deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
He feeds on
ashes. His
deluded heart has led him
astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to
afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a
bulrush, and to spread
sackcloth and
ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out
sackcloth and
ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
To
appoint unto them that
mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be
glorified.
to
console the mourners in
Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for
ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of
despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be
glorified.
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves in
sackcloth and roll in
ashes.
Mourn with bitter
wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Howl, ye
shepherds, and cry; and
wallow yourselves in the
ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Wail, you
shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be
shattered like fine pottery.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the
ashes, and all the fields unto the
brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be
plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
The whole valley of the dead bodies and
ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or
demolished.”
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
He has ground my teeth with gravel and
trampled me in the dust.
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall
wallow themselves in the
ashes:
They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
Thou hast
defiled thy
sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of thy
traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall
devour thee, and I will bring thee to
ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
By the multitude of your
iniquities and the
dishonesty of your trading you have
profaned your
sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to
ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and
sackcloth, and
ashes:
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting,
sackcloth, and
ashes.
For word came unto the king of
Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his
robe from him, and covered him with
sackcloth, and sat in
ashes.
When word reached the king of
Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal
robe, covered himself with
sackcloth, and sat in
ashes.
And ye shall
tread down the wicked; for they shall be
ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Then you will
trample the wicked, for they will be
ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
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.
“
Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in
sackcloth and
ashes.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago
repented, sitting in
sackcloth and
ashes.
Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have
repented long ago, sitting in
sackcloth and
ashes.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the
ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh:
And turning the cities of
Sodom and
Gomorrah into
ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an
ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
if He condemned the cities of
Sodom and
Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to
ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of
ashes: even so also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the
Almighty Lord.
And when I spake these things in my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she
mourned and
wept with a loud voice, and was much
grieved in heart, and her clothes were rent, and she had
ashes upon her head.
And when thou shalt come into the marriage chamber, thou shalt take the
ashes of
perfume, and shalt lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, and shalt make a smoke with it:
And as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the
ashes of the perfumes, and put the heart and the liver of the fish
thereupon, and made a smoke
therewith.
Thus every man and women, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast
ashes upon their heads, and spread out their
sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also they put
sackcloth about the altar,
And had
ashes on their mitres, and
cried unto the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel
graciously.
Judith fell upon her face, and put
ashes upon her head, and uncovered the
sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord
Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
And laid away her glorious
apparel, and put on the garments of
anguish and
mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with
ashes and dung, and she humbled her body greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her
torn hair.
Which being
extinguished, our body shall be turned into
ashes, and our spirit shall
vanish as the soft air,
His heart is
ashes, his hope is more
vile than earth, and his life of less value than clay:
Why is earth and
ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a
covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his
bowels.
He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; and all men are but earth and ashes.
From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;
So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before
Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring
ashes, and those they
strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king’s
signet, and so departed.
Then they fasted that day, and put on
sackcloth, and cast
ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
They rent their clothes, and made great
lamentation, and cast
ashes upon their heads,
Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of
ashes, and it had a round instrument which on every side
hanged down into the
ashes.
For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.