Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
And proclaimed
General references
Bible References
Believed
Exodus 9:18
Behold, I rain at this time to-morrow, hail exceedingly heavy, which was not as this in Egypt from the day it was founded even now.
Matthew 12:41
The Ninevite men shall rise up in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at the proclamation of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas here.
Luke 11:32
The Ninevite men shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it: for they repented at the proclamation of Jonas; and, behold, more than Jonas here.
Acts 27:25
Wherefore, O men, be cheerful: for I believe God, that so it shall be as he has spoken to me.
Hebrews 11:1
And faith is the foundation of things hoped for, the proof of things not seen.
And proclaimed
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat will fear, and he will give his face to seek to Jehovah, and he will call a fast for all Judah.
Ezra 8:21
And I shall call a fast there, upon the river Ahava, to humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Jeremiah 36:9
And it will be in the fifth year to Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, they called a fast before Jehovah to all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people coming from the cities of Judah into Jerusalem.
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast., call an assembly, gather together the old men, all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to Jehovah.
Joel 2:12
And also now, says Jehovah, Turn back even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping and with wailing.
From
Jeremiah 31:34
And they shall teach no more a man his neighbor and a man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah: for they all shall know me to their small and even to their great, says Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and to their sin I will have no more remembrance
Jeremiah 42:1
And all the chiefs of the armies will draw near, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the small even to the great.
Acts 8:10
To whom attended from little to great, saying, This is the great power of God.
General references
Genesis 37:34
And Jacob will rend his garments, and will put sackcloth upon his loins, and will mourn for his son many days.
Exodus 9:20
He fearing the word of Jehovah from the servants of Pharaoh, caused his servants to flee, and his cattle to the houses.