Exodus 33:4-5
33:4 When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.
33:5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”
Job 2:12
2:12 But when they gazed intently
from a distance but did not recognize
him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.
Jonah 3:6
3:6 When the news
reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.