Verse 31
And his servants{H5650} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Behold now, we have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that the kings{H4428} of the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} are merciful{H2617} kings{H4428}: let us, I pray thee, put{H7760}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} on our loins{H4975}, and ropes{H2256} upon our heads{H7218}, and go out{H3318}{(H8799)} to the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478}: peradventure he will save{H2421}{(H8762)} thy life{H5315}.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob{H3290} rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H8071}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} upon his loins{H4975}, and mourned{H56}{(H8691)} for his son{H1121} many{H7227} days{H3117}.
- 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David{H1732} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Joab{H3097}, and to all the people{H5971} that were with him, Rend{H7167}{(H8798)} your clothes{H899}, and gird{H2296}{(H8798)} you with sackcloth{H8242}, and mourn{H5594}{(H8798)} before{H6440} Abner{H74}. And king{H4428} David{H1732} himself followed{H1980}{(H8802)}{H310} the bier{H4296}.
- 1 Kgs 20:23 : 23 And the servants{H5650} of the king{H4428} of Syria{H758} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto him, Their gods{H430} are gods{H430} of the hills{H2022}; therefore they were stronger{H2388}{(H8804)} than we; but{H199} let us fight{H3898}{(H8735)} against them in the plain{H4334}, and surely{H3808} we shall be stronger{H2388}{(H8799)} than they.
- 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab{H256} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} those words{H1697}, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} upon his flesh{H1320}, and fasted{H6684}{(H8799)}, and lay{H7901}{(H8799)} in sackcloth{H8242}, and went{H1980}{(H8762)} softly{H328}. 28 And the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} came to Elijah{H452} the Tishbite{H8664}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 29 Seest{H7200}{(H8804)} thou how Ahab{H256} humbleth{H3665}{(H8738)} himself before{H6440} me? because{H3282} he humbleth{H3665}{(H8738)} himself before{H6440} me, I will not bring{H935}{(H8686)} the evil{H7451} in his days{H3117}: but in his son's{H1121} days{H3117} will I bring{H935}{(H8686)} the evil{H7451} upon his house{H1004}.
- 2 Kgs 5:13 : 13 And his servants{H5650} came near{H5066}{(H8799)}, and spake{H1696}{(H8762)} unto him, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, My father{H1}, if the prophet{H5030} had bid{H1696}{(H8765)} thee do some great{H1419} thing{H1697}, wouldest thou not have done{H6213}{(H8799)} it? how much rather then{H637}, when he saith{H559}{(H8804)} to thee, Wash{H7364}{(H8798)}, and be clean{H2891}{(H8798)}?
- 2 Kgs 7:4 : 4 If we say{H559}{(H8804)}, We will enter{H935}{(H8799)} into the city{H5892}, then the famine{H7458} is in the city{H5892}, and we shall die{H4191}{(H8804)} there: and if we sit still{H3427}{(H8804)} here, we die{H4191}{(H8804)} also. Now therefore come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us fall{H5307}{(H8799)} unto the host{H4264} of the Syrians{H758}: if they save us alive{H2421}{(H8762)}, we shall live{H2421}{(H8799)}; and if they kill{H4191}{(H8686)} us, we shall but die{H4191}{(H8804)}.
- 2 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 And it came to pass, when king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} it, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and covered{H3680}{(H8691)} himself with sackcloth{H8242}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 2 And he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471}, which was over the household{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and the elders{H2205} of the priests{H3548}, covered{H3680}{(H8693)} with sackcloth{H8242}, to Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}.
- Esth 4:1-3 : 1 When Mordecai{H4782} perceived{H3045}{(H8804)} all that was done{H6213}{(H8738)}, Mordecai{H4782} rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and put on{H3847}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} with ashes{H665}, and went out{H3318}{(H8799)} into the midst{H8432} of the city{H5892}, and cried{H2199}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} and a bitter{H4751} cry{H2201}; 2 And came{H935}{(H8799)} even before{H6440} the king's{H4428} gate{H8179}: for none might enter{H935}{(H8800)} into the king's{H4428} gate{H8179} clothed{H3830} with sackcloth{H8242}. 3 And in every province{H4082}, whithersoever{H4725} the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} came{H5060}{(H8688)}, there was great{H1419} mourning{H60} among the Jews{H3064}, and fasting{H6685}, and weeping{H1065}, and wailing{H4553}; and many{H7227} lay{H3331}{(H8714)} in sackcloth{H8242} and ashes{H665}.
- Esth 4:16 : 16 Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, gather together{H3664}{(H8798)} all the Jews{H3064} that are present{H4672}{(H8737)} in Shushan{H7800}, and fast{H6684}{(H8798)} ye for me, and neither eat{H398}{(H8799)} nor drink{H8354}{(H8799)} three{H7969} days{H3117}, night{H3915} or day{H3117}: I also and my maidens{H5291} will fast{H6684}{(H8799)} likewise; and so{H3651} will I go{H935}{(H8799)} in unto the king{H4428}, which is not according to the law{H1881}: and if I perish{H6}{(H8804)}, I perish{H6}{(H8804)}.
- Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan{H7854} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Skin{H5785} for skin{H5785}, yea, all that a man{H376} hath will he give{H5414}{(H8799)} for his life{H5315}.
- Prov 20:28 : 28 Mercy{H2617} and truth{H571} preserve{H5341}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}: and his throne{H3678} is upholden{H5582}{(H8804)} by mercy{H2617}.
- Isa 16:5 : 5 And in mercy{H2617} shall the throne{H3678} be established{H3559}{(H8717)}: and he shall sit{H3427}{(H8804)} upon it in truth{H571} in the tabernacle{H168} of David{H1732}, judging{H8199}{(H8802)}, and seeking{H1875}{(H8802)} judgment{H4941}, and hasting{H4106} righteousness{H6664}.
- Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day{H3117} did the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} call{H7121}{(H8799)} to weeping{H1065}, and to mourning{H4553}, and to baldness{H7144}, and to girding{H2296}{(H8800)} with sackcloth{H8242}:
- Isa 37:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} it, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and covered{H3680}{(H8691)} himself with sackcloth{H8242}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.
- Jonah 3:5-6 : 5 So the people{H582} of Nineveh{H5210} believed{H539}{(H8686)} God{H430}, and proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)} a fast{H6685}, and put{H3847}{(H8799)} on sackcloth{H8242}, from the greatest{H1419} of them even to the least{H6996} of them. 6 For word{H1697} came{H5060}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428} of Nineveh{H5210}, and he arose{H6965}{(H8799)} from his throne{H3678}, and he laid{H5674}{(H8686)} his robe{H155} from him, and covered{H3680}{(H8762)} him with sackcloth{H8242}, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} in ashes{H665}.
- Matt 10:28 : 28 And{G2532} fear{G5399}{(G5676)}{G575} not{G3361} them which{G3588} kill{G615}{(G5723)} the body{G4983}, but{G1161} are{G1410} not{G3361} able{G1410}{(G5740)} to kill{G615}{(G5658)} the soul{G5590}: but{G1161} rather{G3123} fear{G5399}{(G5676)} him which{G3588} is able{G1410}{(G5740)} to destroy{G622}{(G5658)} both{G2532} soul{G5590} and{G2532} body{G4983} in{G1722} hell{G1067}.
- Eph 1:7-8 : 7 In{G1722} whom{G3739} we have{G2192}{(G5719)} redemption{G629} through{G1223} his{G846} blood{G129}, the forgiveness{G859} of sins{G3900}, according{G2596} to the riches{G4149} of his{G846} grace{G5485}; 8 Wherein{G3739} he hath abounded{G4052}{(G5656)} toward{G1519} us{G2248} in{G1722} all{G3956} wisdom{G4678} and{G2532} prudence{G5428};
- Rev 11:3 : 3 And{G2532} I will give{G1325}{(G5692)} power unto my{G3450} two{G1417} witnesses{G3144}, and{G2532} they shall prophesy{G4395}{(G5692)} a thousand{G5507} two hundred{G1250} and threescore{G1835} days{G2250}, clothed in{G4016}{(G5772)} sackcloth{G4526}.
- 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab{H3097} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to Tekoah{H8620}, and fetched{H3947}{(H8799)} thence a wise{H2450} woman{H802}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner{H56}{(H8693)}, and put on{H3847}{(H8798)} now mourning{H60} apparel{H899}, and anoint{H5480}{(H8799)} not thyself with oil{H8081}, but be as a woman{H802} that had a long{H7227} time{H3117} mourned{H56}{(H8690)} for the dead{H4191}{(H8801)}: