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
Matthew 6:16
And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
Matthew 23:14
OMITTED TEXT
Luke 20:47
Who devour the houses of the widows, and pray long through pretext; they shall receive the greater judgment.
John 18:28
Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas to the judgment hall: and it was morning. And they did not come into the judgment hall, in order that they might not be polluted, but that they might eat the passover.
And to smite
Acts 23:1
And Paul, looking the sanhedrim in the face, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God unto this day.
Philippians 1:14
and many of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are bold to speak the word of God more fluently without fear.
Shall not fast as ye do this day
Matthew 6:16
And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
General references
James 1:7
For let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord,