Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
And to smite
Shall not fast as ye do this day
General references
Bible References
Ye fast
1 Kings 21:9
And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more when they bring it with a wicked purpose!
Matthew 6:16
And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 23:14
no translation
Luke 20:47
who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.
John 18:28
They lead therefore Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium; and it was early morn. And they entered not into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but eat the passover.
And to smite
Acts 23:1
And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, Brethren, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
Philippians 1:14
and that the most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord through my bonds, dare more abundantly to speak the word of God fearlessly.
Shall not fast as ye do this day
Joel 2:13
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Jonah 3:7
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;
Matthew 6:16
And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
General references
1 Kings 21:12
they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
Isaiah 57:12
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; and they shall not profit thee.
James 1:7
for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;