Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

Cross References (21)

  • Daniel 9:3 (7)

    So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

  • 2 Samuel 1:11 (5)

    Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

  • Ezekiel 27:30–31 (5)

    They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.

  • 2 Samuel 13:19 (5)

    And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.

  • Job 42:6 (4)

    Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”

  • Revelation 18:17–19 (3)

    For in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make

  • Zephaniah 1:14 (3)

    The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will

  • Micah 1:8 (3)

    Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostr

  • Acts 14:14 (3)

    But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shoutin

  • Matthew 11:21 (2)

    “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre

  • Job 1:20 (2)

    Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

  • Ezekiel 21:6 (2)

    But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

  • Isaiah 15:4 (2)

    Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls

  • Genesis 27:34 (2)

    When Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, O my father!

  • Joshua 7:6 (2)

    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; an

  • Esther 4:3 (2)

    In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept

  • Isaiah 22:4 (2)

    Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughte

  • Job 2:8 (2)

    And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

  • Isaiah 58:5 (2)

    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackclot

  • Jonah 3:4–9 (1)

    On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overtu

  • Esther 3:8–13 (1)

    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province