Bible Verses for Ash Wednesday

O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,

Psalms 95:6

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.

Lamentations 3:40

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Daniel 9:3

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.

Jonah 3:5

Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

You Cushites also, you will be killed by my sword.

Zephaniah 2:12

And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.

He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.

Zephaniah 2:13

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:16

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Matthew 6:17

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

Luke 15:18

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:8

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

James 4:10

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Isaiah 58:6

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

Psalms 51:1

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

Psalms 51:10