Haller's Concordance: ASHES
- And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes. Gen. 18:27
- He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace. Gen. 19:28
- And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Take to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney, and let Moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of Pharao. Ex. 9:8
- And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao, and Moses sprinkled it in the air; and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts. Ex. 9:10
- And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass. Ex. 27:3
- But the crop of the throat, and the feathers he shall cast beside the altar at the east side, in the place where the ashes are wont to be poured out. Lev. 1:16
- And the rest of the body, he shall carry forth without the camp into a clean place where the ashes are wont to be poured out: and he shall burn them upon a pile of wood. They shall be burnt in the place where the ashes are poured out. Lev. 4:12
- The priest shall be vested with the tunick and the linen breeches; and he shall take up the ashes of that which the devouring fire hath burnt: and putting them beside the altar, Lev. 6:10
- They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth, Num. 4:13
- And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the cow, and shall pour them forth without the camp in a most clean place, that they may be reserved for the multitude of the children of Israel, and for a water of aspersion: because the cow was burnt for sin. Num. 19:9
- And when he that carried the ashes of the cow, hath washed his garments, he shall be unclean until the evening. The children of Israel, and the strangers that dwell among them, shall observe this for a holy thing by a perpetual ordinance. Num. 19:10
- And they shall take of the ashes of the burning and of the sin offering, and shall pour living waters upon them into a vessel. Num. 19:17
- The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed. Dt. 28:24
- And she put ashes on her head, and rent her long robe and laid her hands upon her head, and went on crying. 2 Ki. 13:19
- And he gave a sign the same day, saying: This shall be the sign, that the Lord hath spoken: Behold the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it, shall be poured out. 3 Ki. 13:3
- The altar also was rent, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given before in the word of the Lord. 3 Ki. 13:5
- And the king commanded Helcias, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem, in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel. 4 Ki. 23:4
- And the altars that were upon the top of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king broke down: and he ran from thence, and cast the ashes of them into the torrent Cedron. 4 Ki. 23:12
- So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head. Jud. 4:15
- But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, prostrated themselves upon the ground, putting ashes upon their heads, praying with one accord, that the God of Israel would shew his mercy upon his people. Jud. 7:4
- ¤ And when they were gone, Judith went into her oratory: and putting on haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and falling down prostrate before the Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying: Jud. 9:1
- ¤ 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. Esther 4:1
- And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed. Esther 4:3
- And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments suitable for weeping and mourning: instead of divers precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with fasts: and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with her torn hair. Esther 14:2
- Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay. Job 13:12
- I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes. Job 16:15
- They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth. Job 21:18
- I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes. Job 30:19
- All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return into ashes. Job 34:15
- Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes. Job 42:6
- For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. Ps. 102:9
- Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes. Ps. 147:16
- Which being put out, our body shall be ashes, and our spirit shall be poured abroad as soft air, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, which is driven away by the beams of the sun, and overpowered with the heat thereof: Wis. 2:3
- For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain earth and his life more base than clay: Wis. 15:10
- But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud? Sir. 10:9
- He beholdeth the power of the height of heaven: and all men are earth and ashes. Sir. 17:31
- From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes: Sir. 40:3
- And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it. Isa. 1:31
- Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel. Isa. 5:24
- And the multitude of them that fan thee, shall be like small dust: and as ashes passing away, the multitude of them that have prevailed against thee. Isa. 29:5
- And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire. Isa. 33:12
- Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand. Isa. 44:20
- Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord? Isa. 58:5
- To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him. Isa. 61:3
- 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. Jer. 6:26
- Howl, ye shepherds, and cry: and sprinkle yourselves with ashes, ye leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersion are accomplished, and you shall fall like precious vessels. Jer. 25:34
- And the whole valley of dead bodies, and of ashes, and all the country of death, even to the torrent Cedron, and to the corner of the horse gate towards the east, the Holy of the Lord: it shall not be plucked up, and it shall not be destroyed any more for ever. Jer. 31:40
- Vau. And he hath broken my teeth one by one, he hath fed me with ashes. Lam. 3:16
- And thou shalt eat it as barley bread baked under the ashes: and thou shalt cover it, in their sight, with the dung that cometh out of a man. Ezec. 4:12
- Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any work? Ezec. 15:4
- And they shall mourn over thee with a loud voice and shall cry bitterly: and they shall cast up dust upon their heads and shall be sprinkled with ashes. Ezec. 27:30
- Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities, and by the iniquity of thy traffic: therefore I will bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, to devour thee, and I will make thee as ashes upon the earth in the sight of all that see thee. Ezec. 28:18
- So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth, they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring, they departed. Dan. 14:13
- And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Dan. 9:3
- Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations: Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes, that is not turned. Osee 7:8
- ¤ Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes. Amso 2:1
- And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. Jonas 3:6
- And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts. Mal. 4:3
- And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments: 1 Ma. 3:47
- And they rent their garments, and made great lamentation, and put ashes on their heads: 1 Ma. 4:39
- But when they perceived the attempt of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, some strong clubs, and some threw ashes upon Lysimachus. 2 Ma. 4:41
- Now there was in that place a tower fifty cubits high, having a heap of ashes on every side: this had a prospect steep down. 2 Ma. 13:5
- From thence he commanded the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men thrusting him forward unto death. 2 Ma. 13:6
- And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes. 2 Ma. 13:8
- Woe to 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. Mt. 11:21
- 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. Lk. 10:13
- For if the blood of goats and of oxen, and the ashes of an heifer, being sprinkled, sanctify such as are defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh: Heb. 9:13
- And reducing the cities of the Sodomites and of the Gomorrhites into ashes, condemned them to be overthrown, making them an example to those that should after act wickedly, 2 Pet. 2:6
- whose land lieth in cloddes of pitch, & heapes of ashes: so wil I make them, that haue not heard me, saith our Lord omnipotent. 4 Esd. 2:9
- And when I spake these thinges in my hart, I looked backe with myne eyes, and saw a woman on the right side, and behold she mourned, and wept with a lowd voice, and was sorrowful in mynde exceedingly, and her garments rent, and ashes vpon her heade. 4 Esd. 9:38