Job 2:8 · KJV
“And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.”
— Job 2:8
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job 2 — Context
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he {is} in thine hand; but save his life. {but: or, only}
7So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Cross References
Job 42:6
Wherefore I abhor {myself}, and repent in dust and ashes.
Ezekiel 27:30
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
Jonah 3:6
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered {him} with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Matthew 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Psalms 38:5
My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Luke 16:20-21
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that {was} on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
Psalms 38:7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome {disease}: and {there is} no soundness in my flesh.