The word in Scripture

Ashes in the Bible

The word ashes appears 43 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Ashes are the sign of mourning, repentance, and mortality. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What ashes means in the Bible

Ashes are the sign of mourning, repentance, and mortality.

Where the word ashes appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word ashes appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:”Genesis 18:27

“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”Psalms 102:9

“He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.”Psalms 147:16

“He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”Isaiah 44:20

“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”Isaiah 61:3

“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.”Matthew 11:21

“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.”Luke 10:13

“For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:”Hebrews 9:13