Jonah 3:6
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Cross-references
In Jeremiah 6:26, the call to put on sackcloth and roll in ashes matches the king's outward signs of mourning and repentance.
James 4:6-10 calls for humility before God, promising grace — Nineveh's king exemplifies this posture.
In Luke 10:13, Jesus says Tyre and Sidon would have repented in sackcloth and ashes, exactly matching the king's response.
In Matthew 11:21, Jesus mentions repentant cities using sackcloth and ashes, directly referencing the same sign of repentance.
In Daniel 9:3, Daniel uses sackcloth and ashes in prayer, directly paralleling the king's repentance ritual.
In Job 42:6, Job repents in dust and ashes, mirroring the king's act of humility and repentance.
Job 2:8 shows Job sitting in ashes, the same posture of mourning as Nineveh's king.
Esther 4:1-4 describes Mordecai in sackcloth and ashes, the same sign of mourning as Nineveh's king.
In Isaiah 37:1, Hezekiah tears his clothes and puts on sackcloth in response to a threat — a direct parallel to the Ninevite king's act of humility.
In Jeremiah 36:24, King Jehoiakim shows no fear or torn garments, contrasting sharply with the Ninevite king's repentance in sackcloth and dust.
In 1 Kings 21:27, Ahab's repentance in sackcloth closely mirrors the king of Nineveh's humble response after hearing a divine word.
In Joshua 7:6, Joshua and elders sprinkle dust on their heads in mourning, a parallel act of humility to the king sitting in ashes.
Ezekiel 26:16 depicts princes of Tyre stepping down from thrones and sitting on the ground, parallel to the Ninevite king's actions of disrobing and sitting in dust.
In Exodus 33:4, the people mourn without ornaments after bad news, similar to the king's dramatic mourning with sackcloth and ashes.
In Lamentations 3:29, putting one's mouth in the dust expresses humble hope, similar to the king's posture in ashes.
In Micah 1:10, rolling in dust is a mourning practice, echoing the king's symbolic act of humility.
In 1 Kings 20:31, Ben-hadad's servants advise sackcloth and ropes to beg for mercy, paralleling the Ninevite king's act of humility in sackcloth.