Zechariah 7:5

Disobedience And Fasting

⁴ And the word of Jehovah of armies was to me, saying, ⁵ Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh, and this seventy years, fasting, fasted ye to me, me? ⁶ And when ye shall eat, and when ye shall drink, are ye not eating, and are ye not drinking?

People of the Land

Seventy Years

Zechariah 1:12

And the messenger of Jehovah will answer and say, O Jehovah of armies, how long wilt thou not compassionate Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with whom thou wert very angry this seventy years?

Isaiah 1:11-12

For what to me the multitude of your sacrifices? Jehovah will say: I was filled with the burnt-offerings of rams and the fat of fatlings; and I delighted not in the blood of bullocks, and of he lambs and of he goats.

Zechariah 7:3

To speak to the priests which were to the house of Jehovah of armies, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself according as I did, how many the years?

2 Kings 25:23

And all the chiefs of the armies, they and their men, will hear that the king of Babel appointed Gedaliah and there will come to Gedaliah to Mizpeh, and Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, son of Kareah, and Seraiah, son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

Isaiah 58:4-6

behold, for contention and strife ye will fast, and to strike with the fist of injustice: ye shall not fast as today to cause your voice to be heard on high.

Jeremiah 25:11

All this land was for a waste, for a desolation, and these nations served the king of Babel seventy years.

Jeremiah 41:1-4

And it will be in the seventh month, came Ishmael son of Nethaniah son of Elishama, from the seed of the kingdom, and the chiefs of the king, and ten men with him, to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpeh, and there will they eat bread together in Mizpeh.

Zechariah 7:6

And when ye shall eat, and when ye shall drink, are ye not eating, and are ye not drinking?

Zechariah 8:19

Thus said Jehovah of armies: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah for joy and for gladness, and for good appointments; and love ye truth and peace.

Matthew 5:16-18

So let your light shine before men, that they see your good works, and praise your Father, him in the heavens.

Matthew 6:2

When therefore thou doest alms, thou shouldst not sound the trumpet before thee, as hypocrites do in the assemblies, and in the streets, that they might be praised by men. Verily I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love in the assemblies, and in the corners of the broad ways to stand praying, so that they might appear to men. Verily I say to you, that they have their reward.

Matthew 6:16

And when ye fast, be not, as hypocrites, of gloomy aspect: for they conceal their faces that they might appear to men fasting. Verily I say to you, That they have their reward.

Matthew 23:5

And all their works do they, to be seen by men: and make broad their preservatives, and enlarge the border of their garments

Romans 14:6-9

He minding the day, minds to the Lord; and he not minding the day, to the Lord he minds not. He eating, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he not eating, to the Lord he eats not, and he gives thanks to God.

Romans 14:17-18

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but justice, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 10:31

Whether therefore ye eat, whether ye drink, or what ye do, do ye all things to the glory of God.

2 Corinthians 5:15

And he died for all, that the living no more live to themselves, but o him having died for them, and having risen.

Colossians 3:23

And all, whatever ye do, work ye from the soul, as to the Lord, and not to men;