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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