Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
And that
Bible References
It is
Job 21:14
And they say to God, 'Turn aside from us, And the knowledge of Thy ways We have not desired.
Job 22:17
Those saying to God, 'Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them?
Job 34:9
For he hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'
Job 35:3
For thou sayest, 'What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'
Psalm 73:8
They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak.
Isaiah 58:3
'Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it hath come to pass, at that time, I search Jerusalem with lights, And I have laid a charge on the men Who are hardened on their preserved things, Who are saying in their heart: Jehovah doth no good, nor doth He evil.
And that
Isaiah 58:3
'Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.
Joel 2:12
And also now -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.
Zechariah 7:3
speaking unto the priests who are at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, 'Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'
James 4:9
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;