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.

General references

Bible References

Have we fasted

Matthew 20:11
And having received it, they murmured against the housholder, saying,
Luke 15:29
And he answering said to his father, Lo these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I thy commandment at any time, yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.
Luke 18:9
And he spake this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others.

Exact

Matthew 18:28
But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him an hundred pence, and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

General references

James 1:7
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.