And it came to pass, when King Hezekiah heard [it, that] he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.

Today is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger; for the pangs have come upon the travailing [woman], but she has not the strength to bring forth.

So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

Behold, I [will] send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land.

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, [that] he tore his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, [able] to kill and to make alive, that this [man] sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Consider, however, and see that this [man] seeks an occasion against me.

And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, the steward, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder came in to Hezekiah, having torn their clothes; and they reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.

And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Shiloh on that day. And his clothes were torn, and dust was upon his head.

And when I heard this thing, I tore my clothes, and trembled, and plucked [some] of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.

So Job arose and tore his clothes, and shaved the hair of his head, and fell on the ground and worshipped,

And the king and his servants that heard all these words did not seek [the Lord], and did not tear their clothes.

Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, "He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy!

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, [that] he tore his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth upon his flesh.

[ 37:33] And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

And because of the word, Ahab was pierced with sorrow before the Lord, and he both went weeping, and tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his body, and fasted; he put on sackcloth also in the day that he smote Naboth the Jezreelite, and went his way.

Have you seen how Ahab has been pricked [to the heart] before Me? I will not bring on the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring on the evil.

But Mordecai, having perceived what was done, tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself. And having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed!

And in every province where the letters were published, [there was] crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall return to my [own] bosom.

So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloth, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned everyone from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And now My eyes shall be open, and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

And now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name should be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there always.

So Job arose and tore his clothes, and shaved the hair of his head, and fell on the ground and worshipped,

and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. As it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; blessed be the name of the Lord.