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Jon 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

word		Jer 13:18
and he arose		Psa 2:10-12; Jam 1:9,10; Jam 4:6-10
and covered		Est 4:1-4; Job 2:8; Job 42:6; Jer 6:26; Lam 3:29; Dan 9:3; Mic 1:10; Mat 11:21; Luk 10:13

Correlating Passages

word

Jer 13:18

Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.

and he arose

	Psa 2:10	Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
	Psa 2:11	Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
	Psa 2:12	Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.
	Jam 1:9	Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
	Jam 1:10	But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
	Jam 4:6	But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
	Jam 4:7	Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
	Jam 4:8	Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
	Jam 4:9	Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
	Jam 4:10	Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

and covered

	Est 4:1	When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
	Est 4:2	And came even before the king's gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
	Est 4:3	And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
	Est 4:4	So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received [it] not.
	Job 2:8	And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
	Job 42:6	Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
	Jer 6:26	O daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
	Lam 3:29	He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
	Dan 9:3	And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
	Mic 1:10	Declare ye [it] not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
	Mat 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.
	Luk 10:13	Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Scott, Thomas. "Jonah 3:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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