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Bible Verses About Ashes
Find Bible verses about ashes — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about ashes?
The Bible addresses ashes with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Isaiah 61:3
“to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.”
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Luke 10:13
“"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.”
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Genesis 18:27
“Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.”
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Matthew 11:21
“"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”
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Job 42:6
“Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."”
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2 Peter 2:6
“and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;”
Jonah 3:6
“The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.”
Job 30:19
“He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.”
Job 13:12
“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.”
Psalms 147:16
“He gives snow like wool, and scatters frost like ashes.”
Isaiah 44:20
“He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside; and he can't deliver his soul, nor say, "Isn't there a lie in my right hand?"”
Psalms 102:9
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,”
Jeremiah 6:26
“Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.”
Isaiah 58:5
“Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an accepta...”
Job 2:8
“He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.”
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