GOODMORNING- ASHES

Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me go on and speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes. – Genesis 18:27

®He has thrown me into the mud. I have become as dust and ashes. – Job 30:19

The priest must remove the crop and the feathers* and throw them to the east side of the altar among the ashes.2 – Leviticus 1:16

must be carried away to a ceremonially clean place outside the camp, the place where the ashes are thrown. He will burn it all on a wood fire in the ash heap. – Leviticus 4:12

The next morning, after dressing in his special linen clothing and undergarments, the priest on duty must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar. – Leviticus 6:10

Then he must change back into his normal clothing and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean. – Leviticus 6:11

“The ashes must be removed from the altar, and the altar must then be covered with a purple cloth. – Numbers 4:13

Then someone who is ceremonially clean will gather up the ashes of the heifer and place them in a purified place outside the camp. They will be kept there for the people of Israel to use in the water for the purification ceremony. This ceremony is performed for the removal of sin. – Numbers 19:9

The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel and any foreigners who live among them. – Numbers 19:10

“To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering in a jar and pour fresh water over them. – Numbers 19:17

He lifts the poor from the dust– yes, from a pile of ashes! He treats them like princes, placing them in seats of honor. “For all the earth is the LORD’s, and he has set the world in order. – 1 Samuel 2:8

But now Tamar tore her robe and put ashes on her head. And then, with her face in her hands, she went away crying. – 2 Samuel 13:19

That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message, and he said, “The LORD has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.” – 1 Kings 13:3

At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD. – 1 Kings 13:5

Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the leading priests and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD’s Temple all the utensils that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the forces of heaven. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel. – 2 Kings 23:4
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. – Esther 4:1

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. – Esther 4:3

Then Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes. – Job 2:8

Your statements have about as much value as ashes. Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot. – Job 13:12

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.” – Job 42:6

I eat ashes instead of my food. My tears run down into my drink – Psalms 102:9

He sends the snow like white wool; he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes. – Psalms 147:16

The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He is trusting something that can give him no help at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this thing, this idol that I’m holding in my hand, a lie?” – Isaiah 44:20

You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like a blade of grass in the wind. You dress in sackcloth and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the LORD? – Isaiah 58:5

To all who mourn in Israel,* he will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair. For the LORD has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.3 – Isaiah 61:3

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 6:26

For I have decided to bring disaster and not good upon this city, says the LORD. It will be captured by the king of Babylon, and he will reduce it to ashes.’ – Jeremiah 21:10

They weep bitterly as they throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. – Ezekiel 27:30

You defiled your sanctuaries with your many sins and your dishonest trade. So I brought fire from within you, and it consumed you. I let it burn you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. – Ezekiel 28:18

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I wore rough sackcloth and sprinkled myself with ashes. – Daniel 9:3

This is what the LORD says: “The people of Moab have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not let them go unpunished any longer! They desecrated the tomb of Edom’s king and burned his bones to ashes. – Amos 2:1

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. – Jonah 3:6

Has not the LORD Almighty promised that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes? They work so hard, but all in vain! – Habakkuk 2:13

“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

“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. – Luke 10:13

Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people’s bodies from ritual defilement. – Hebrews 9:13

Later, he turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into heaps of ashes and swept them off the face of the earth. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. – 2 Peter 2:6