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Want to know what the Bible says about Ashes? Here are 22 Bible verses about Ashes from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Job 42:6 NIV
Therefore I despise myself
    and repent in dust and ashes.”
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Daniel 9:3 NIV
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.
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Numbers 19:17 NIV
“For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them.
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Job 2:8 NIV
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
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2 Samuel 13:19 NIV
Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.
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Isaiah 61:3 NIV
    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
    instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.
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Esther 4:3 NIV
In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Malachi 4:3 NIV
Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.
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Esther 4:1 NIV
When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
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Luke 10:13 NIV
“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.
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