Job 42:6

6therefore I despise myself,
and repent
Or  and am comforted
in bdust and ashes.”

Isaiah 61:3

3to grant to those who mourn in Zion
cto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
dthe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
ethat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, fthat he may be glorified.
Or  that he may display his beauty

Daniel 9:3

3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by hprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

John 3:5-6

5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born iof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 jThat which is born of the flesh is kflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
The same Greek word means both wind and  spirit
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