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 letters, 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 he brings it with lewdness?
Matthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.
Matthew 23:14
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.
Luke 20:47
who devour the houses of the widows and for a pretext make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment, and it was early; and they themselves did not go into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the passover.
And to smite
Acts 23:1
Then Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Philippians 1:14
and many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Shall not fast as ye do this day
Joel 2:13
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in mercy, and he does repent of chastisement.
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 any thing; let them not feed, nor drink water:
Matthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They already 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; for they shall not profit thee.
James 1:7
For let not such a man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.