Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner.” And King David followed the bier.
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage.
And as soon as he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me. For I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow.”
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes
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