Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Ashes’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Ashes’ occurs 53 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 18:6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and he said to her, “Quickly, mix together three measures of the finest wheat flour and make loaves baked under the ashes.”Genesis 18:6
Genesis 18:27 And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.Genesis 18:27
Number of the word / term Ashes in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 9:8 And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron: “Take handfuls of ashes from the oven, and let Moses sprinkle it into the air, in the sight of Pharaoh.Exodus 9:8
Exodus 9:10 And they took ashes from the oven, and they stood in the sight of Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it in the air. And there came sores with swelling pustules on men and on beasts.Exodus 9:10
Exodus 12:39 And they baked the bread, which a little while ago they had taken out of Egypt as dough. And they made unleavened bread baked under ashes. For it was not able to be leavened, with the Egyptians compelling them to leave and not permitting them to cause any delay. Neither did they have occasion to prepare any meat.Exodus 12:39
Exodus 27:3 And you shall make, for its uses, pans to receive the ashes, and tongs as well as small hooks, and receptacles for fire. You shall fabricate all of its vessels from brass,Exodus 27:3
Number of the word / term Ashes in Exodus: 4
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 1:16 Yet truly, the craw of the throat and the feathers he shall cast near the altar at the eastern section, in the place where the ashes are usually poured out.Leviticus 1:16
Leviticus 4:12 and the remainder of the body, he shall carry away, beyond the camp, to the clean place where the ashes are usually poured out. And he shall burn them upon a stack of wood. There, in the place where the ashes have been poured out, they will be burned.Leviticus 4:12
Leviticus 6:10 The priest shall be vested with the tunic and the linen undergarments. And he shall take up the ashes of that which the devouring fire has consumed, and, placing them next to the altar,Leviticus 6:10
Number of the word / term Ashes in Leviticus: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 4:13 Moreover, they shall cleanse the altar of ashes, and they shall wrap it in a purple garment,Numbers 4:13
Numbers 19:9 Then a clean man shall gather the ashes of the cow, and he shall pour them out beyond the camp, in a very pure place, so that they may be preserved for the multitude of the sons of Israel, and for the water of aspersion, because the cow was burned for sin.Numbers 19:9
Numbers 19:10 And when he who had carried the ashes of the cow will have washed his garments, he shall be unclean until evening. The sons of Israel, and the newcomers who live among them, shall have this as a holy and perpetual right.Numbers 19:10
Numbers 19:17 And they shall take some of the ashes from the burning and the sin offering, and they shall pour living waters over them into a vessel.Numbers 19:17
Number of the word / term Ashes in Numbers: 4
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 28:24 May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away.Deuteronomy 28:24
Number of the word / term Ashes in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Judges
Judges 7:13 And when Gideon had arrived, someone told his neighbor a dream. And he related what he had seen, in this way: “I saw a dream, and it seemed to me as if bread, baked under ashes from rolled barley, descended into the camp of Midian. And whenever it arrived at a tent, it struck it, and overturned it, and utterly leveled it to the ground.”Judges 7:13
Number of the word / term Ashes in Judges: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 13:19 And she sprinkled ashes upon her head, and she tore her ankle-length robe. And placing her hands upon her head, she went forth, walking and crying out.2 Samuel 13:19
Number of the word / term Ashes in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 13:3 And he gave a sign on the same day, saying: “This will be the sign that the Lord has spoken. Behold, the altar shall be torn apart, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.”1 Kings 13:3
1 Kings 13:5 Also, the altar was torn apart, and the ashes were poured out from the altar, in accord with the sign that the man of God had predicted by the word of the Lord.1 Kings 13:5
1 Kings 17:13 And Elijah said to her: “Do not be afraid. But go and do as you have said. Yet truly, first make for me, from the same flour, a little bread baked under ashes, and bring it to me. Then afterward, make some for yourself and for your son.1 Kings 17:13
1 Kings 19:6 He looked, and behold, at his head was bread baked under ashes, and a container of water. Then he ate and drank, and again he slept deeply.1 Kings 19:6
Number of the word / term Ashes in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 23:12 Also, the altars which were upon the roof of the upper room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the temple of the Lord, the king destroyed. And he hurried from there, and he scattered their ashes into the torrent Kidron.2 Kings 23:12
Number of the word / term Ashes in 2 Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Esther
Esther 4:1 When Mordecai had heard this, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head, and he cried out with a loud voice in the main street of the city, revealing the anguish of his soul.Esther 4:1
Esther 4:3 Likewise, in all provinces, towns, and places where the king’s cruel decision arrived, there was extraordinary mourning among the Jews with fasting, wailing, and weeping, with many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.Esther 4:3
Number of the word / term Ashes in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Job
Job 13:12 Your remembrance will be compared to ashes, and your necks will be reduced to clay.Job 13:12
Job 16:15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, and I have covered my body with ashes.Job 16:15
Job 21:18 They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.Job 21:18
Job 30:19 I have been treated like dirt, and I have been turned into embers and ashes.Job 30:19
Job 34:15 All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.Job 34:15
Job 42:6 Therefore, I find myself reprehensible, and I will do penance in embers and ashes.Job 42:6
Number of the word / term Ashes in Job: 6
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 102:9 For I chewed on ashes like bread, and I mixed weeping into my drink.Psalm 102:9
Psalm 147:16 He provides snow like wool. He strews clouds like ashes.Psalm 147:16
Number of the word / term Ashes in Psalm: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 33:12 And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.Isaiah 33:12
Isaiah 44:20 Part of it is ashes. His foolish heart adores it. And he will not liberate his soul, and he will not say, “Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand.”Isaiah 44:20
Isaiah 61:3 to take up the mourners of Zion and to give them a crown in place of ashes, an oil of joy in place of mourning, a cloak of praise in place of a spirit of grief. And there, they shall be called the strong ones of justice, the planting of the Lord, unto glorification.Isaiah 61:3
Number of the word / term Ashes in Isaiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:26 Wrap yourself in haircloth, O daughter of my people. And sprinkle yourself with ashes. Make a mourning for yourself, as for an only son, a bitter lamentation: ‘for the destroyer will overwhelm us suddenly.’Jeremiah 6:26
Jeremiah 25:34 Wail, O shepherds, and cry out! And sprinkle yourselves with ashes, O nobles of the flock! For the days have been completed that lead to your slaughter and your destruction. And you will fall like precious vessels.Jeremiah 25:34
Jeremiah 31:40 and the entire Valley of dead bodies and ashes, and the entire region of death, even to the torrent of Kedron, and to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east. All this will be the holy place of the Lord. It will not be rooted up, and it will not be torn down, anymore, forever.”Jeremiah 31:40
Number of the word / term Ashes in Jeremiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 2:10 JOD. The elders of the daughter of Zion have become idle; they sit on the ground. They have sprinkled their heads with ashes. They have been wrapped with haircloth. The virgins of Jerusalem have cast their heads down to the ground.Lamentations 2:10
Lamentations 3:16 VAU. And he has broken each one of my teeth; he has fed me with ashes.Lamentations 3:16
Number of the word / term Ashes in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 4:12 And you shall eat it like barley bread baked under ashes. And you shall cover it, in their sight, with the dung that goes out of a man.”Ezekiel 4:12
Ezekiel 15:4 Behold, it is used in the fire as fuel. The fire consumes both its ends; and its middle is reduced to ashes. So how can it be useful for any work?Ezekiel 15:4
Ezekiel 27:30 And they will howl over you with a great voice, and they will cry out with bitterness. And they will cast dust upon their heads, and they will be sprinkled with ashes.Ezekiel 27:30
Ezekiel 28:18 You have defiled your sanctuaries, by the multitude of your iniquities and by the iniquity of your business dealings. Therefore, I will produce a fire from your midst, which will consume you, and I will make you into ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all who are watching you.Ezekiel 28:18
Number of the word / term Ashes in Ezekiel: 4
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and diminished like the ashes of a summer courtyard, and they were quickly taken away by the wind, and no place was found for them; but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.Daniel 2:35
Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.Daniel 9:3
Number of the word / term Ashes in Daniel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 7:8 Ephraim himself has been mingled with the nations. Ephraim has become like bread, baked under ashes, that has not been turned over.Hosea 7:8
Number of the word / term Ashes in Hosea: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Amos
Amos 2:1 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Moab, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has burned the bones of the king of Idumea, all the way to ashes.Amos 2:1
Number of the word / term Ashes in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Jonah
Jonah 3:6 And word reached the king of Nineveh. And he rose from his throne, and he threw off his robe from himself and was clothed in sackcloth, and he sat in ashes.Jonah 3:6
Number of the word / term Ashes in Jonah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 4:3 And you will trample the impious, while they will be ashes under the sole of your foot, on the day that I act, says the Lord of hosts.Malachi 4:3
Number of the word / term Ashes in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in haircloth and ashes.Matthew 11:21
Number of the word / term Ashes in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Luke
Luke 10:13 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that have been wrought in you, had been wrought in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in haircloth and ashes.Luke 10:13
Number of the word / term Ashes in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the ashes of a calf, when these are sprinkled, sanctify those who have been defiled, in order to cleanse the flesh,Hebrews 9:13
Number of the word / term Ashes in Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Ashes’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:6 And he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes, condemning them to be overthrown, setting them as an example to anyone who might act impiously.2 Peter 2:6
Number of the word / term ‘Ashes’ in 2 Peter: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 53
