Psalm 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
Job 30:25
“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved for the needy?
Psalm 69:10-11
When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,
It became my reproach.
Matthew 10:13
Luke 10:6
Leviticus 16:29
“This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month (nearly October) on the tenth day of the month you shall
Leviticus 16:31
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
1 Kings 21:27-29
Now when Ahab heard these words [of Elijah], he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly (mourning).
Isaiah 58:3
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do],
And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
Isaiah 58:5
“Is a fast such as this what I have chosen, a day for a man to humble himself [with sorrow in his soul]?
Is it only to bow down his head like a reed
And to make sackcloth and ashes as a bed [pretending to have a repentant heart]?
Do you call this a fast and a day pleasing to the Lord?
Matthew 5:44
Matthew 9:14-15
Then the disciples of John [the Baptist] came to Jesus, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees often fast [as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast?”
Romans 12:14-15
Bless those who persecute you [who cause you harm or hardship]; bless and do not curse [them].
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
My prayer
General references
Bible References
Humbled
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do],
And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
My prayer
General references
“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me],
Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?