Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,

Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.

2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

2 Samuel 3:31
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, "Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner." And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

1 Kings 20:31
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, "Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life."

1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

2 Kings 19:1
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 21:16
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown,

Ezra 9:3-5
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. . . .

Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

Esther 4:1-3
When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. . . .

Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Job 2:12
When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air over his head.

Psalm 69:11
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Isaiah 22:12, 13
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth. . . .

Isaiah 32:11
Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Isaiah 36:22
Then Hilkiah's son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the court secretary, and Asaph's son Joah the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rab-shakeh.

Isaiah 37:1, 2
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD. . . .

Jeremiah 36:24
Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

Joel 2:13
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.

Jonah 3:5-8
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. . . .

Matthew 11:21
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had happened in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 26:65
At this, the high priest tore his garments and said, "He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

Acts 14:14
But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul found out about this, they tore their clothes and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

Revelation 11:3
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1, 260 days, clothed in sackcloth."