And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least.

word.

Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.

and he arose.

Psalm 2:10-12 And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth. . . .

James 1:9,10 But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation: . . .

James 4:6-10 But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble. . . .

and covered.

Esther 4:1-4 Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind. . . .

Job 2:8 And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.

Job 42:6 Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

Jeremiah 6:26 Gird thee with sackcloth, O daughter of my people, and sprinkle thee with ashes: make thee mourning as for an only son, a bitter lamentation, because the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

Lamentations 3:29 Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Micah 1:10 Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it hath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Matthew 11:21 Woe thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13 Woe to thee, Corozain! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mighty works that have been wrought in you, they would have done penance long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.