Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Have we fasted
Afflicted
Labours
General references
Bible References
Have we fasted
Numbers 23:4
God met with him and Balaam said to Him, “I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”
Micah 3:9 Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,
Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?
Malachi 3:14
You have said: “It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?
Matthew 20:11 When they received it, they began to complain to the landowner:
Luke 15:29 But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 18:9
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else:
Afflicted
Leviticus 16:29
“This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.
Leviticus 23:27
“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and practice self-denial; you are to present a fire offering to the Lord.
Psalm 69:10 I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.
but it brought me insults.
Exact
Nehemiah 5:7
After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, “Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.” So I called a large assembly against them
Proverbs 28:9 Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law—
even his prayer is detestable.
even his prayer is detestable.
Jeremiah 34:9
so each man would free his male and female Hebrew slaves and no one would enslave his Judean brother.
Matthew 18:28 “But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’
Labours
Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with My people;
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
I profaned My possession,
and I placed them under your control.
You showed them no mercy;
you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.
Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned because of their difficult labor, and they cried out; and their cry for help ascended to God because of the difficult labor.
General references
Isaiah 57:12 I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
and your works—they will not profit you.
James 1:7
That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.