How many times is sackcloth and ashes mentioned bible?

Answer 1

In the King James version

the word - sackcloth - appears 46 times

the word - sackclothes - appears once

and

the word - ash - appears once

the word - ashes - appears 43 times

and

the phrase - sackcloth and ashes - appears 5 times

1. 12766 Est 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
2. 18792 Isa 58:5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
3. 21991 Dan 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
4. 23480 Mat 11:21 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.
5. 25376 Luk 10:13 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.

Answer 2

"Sackcloth and ashes" is mentioned several times in The Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. It is often used as a symbol of mourning, repentance, or deep anguish. Specific mentions include when the prophet Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh, when Job mourned his losses, and when various kings and prophets expressed sorrow or sought forgiveness.