TSK · Joshua 7:6

Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.

“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

The Israelites went up and wept before the LORD until evening. They asked the LORD,“Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?” The LORD said,“Attack them!”

So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.

On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.

Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.

Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.

The People Confess Their Sins While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites– men, women, and children alike– gathered around him. The people wept loudly.

Esther Decides to Risk Everything in order to Help Her People Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

י(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem’s young women stare down at the ground.

And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning,“Woe, Woe, O great city– in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth– because in a single hour she has been destroyed!”