2 Samuel 3:31
New King James Version
David’s Mourning for Abner
31 Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, (A)“Tear your clothes, (B)gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.
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1 Kings 20:31
New King James Version
Ahab’s Treaty with Ben-Hadad
31 Then his servants said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please, let us (A)put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”
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Psalm 30:11
New King James Version
11 (A)You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off [a]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Footnotes
- Psalm 30:11 The sackcloth of my mourning
Psalm 69:11
New King James Version
11 I also [a]made sackcloth my garment;
I became a byword to them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:11 Symbolic of sorrow
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