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Isaiah 58:5
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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?
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Zechariah 8:19
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
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Leviticus 4:12
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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.
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Matthew 6:16
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Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Isaiah 58:4
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Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
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Esther 4:16
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Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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Mark 2:19
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And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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Matthew 9:14
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Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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Mark 2:18
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And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
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Job 2:8
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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
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Job 30:19
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He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
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Job 42:6
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Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Numbers 4:13
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And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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Psalms 102:9
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For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
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Psalms 147:16
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He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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Genesis 18:27
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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:
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1 Kings 20:38
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So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
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1 Kings 20:41
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And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
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Daniel 9:3
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And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
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Malachi 4:3
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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.
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Leviticus 1:16
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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:
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Isaiah 44:20
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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?
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Ezekiel 27:30
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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:
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Numbers 19:17
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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:
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Jonah 3:6
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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.
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