Joshua 7:6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. (NASB ©1995)Job 2:12 When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.
Job 42:6 Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes."
Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground, they are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground.
Revelation 18:19 "And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!' (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.rent Ge 37:29,34 Nu 14:6 2Sa 13:31 Ezr 9:3-5 Es 4:1 Job 1:20 Ac 14:14 fell Nu 16:22,45 2Sa 12:16 until the eventide Jud 20:23,26 21:2 2Sa 1:12 put dust Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair, throw- ing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs of deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In illustration of this custom, see 1sa 4:12, when the messenger brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of Israel by the Philistines; again in the case of Tamar, 2sa 13:19, and in Ne 9:1, when a whole nation, `assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.' See also the case of Mordecai, Es 4:1, and Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him; refer also to Eze 27:30 Jon 3:6 and Mic 1:10. In each of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow Concordance Entries Ark Cause Chiefs Clothes Dust Elders Evening Eventide Face Facedown Falleth Fell Garments Grief Ground Heads Joshua Remaining Rendeth Rent Sprinkled Threw Till Tore Jump to Previous Occurrence Ark Chiefs Clothes Dust Earth Elders Evening Eventide Heads Israel Joshua Remaining Rendeth Rent Sprinkled Threw Tore Jump to Next Occurrence Ark Chiefs Clothes Dust Earth Elders Evening Eventide Heads Israel Joshua Remaining Rendeth Rent Sprinkled Threw Tore New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
