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 fasting and set Naboth on high among the people,
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.
Matthew 6:16
"Moreover, when ye fast, be not sad as the hypocrites are: for they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men how they fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
Matthew 23:14
Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, for ye devour widows' houses: and that, under a colour of praying long prayers, wherefore ye shall receive greater damnation.
Luke 20:47
which devour widows' houses, and that under a colour of long praying: The same shall receive greater damnation."
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas into the hall of judgment. It was in the morning, and they themselves went not into the judgment hall lest they should be defiled, but that they might eat the paschal lamb.
And to smite
Acts 23:1
Paul beheld the council and said, "Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."
Philippians 1:14
Insomuch that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bonds, and dare more largely speak the word without fear.
Shall not fast as ye do this day
Joel 2:13
And tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God. For he is full of mercy and compassion, long ere he be angry, and great in mercy and repentance when he is at the point to punish.
Jonah 3:7
And it was cried and commanded in Nineveh by the authority of the king and of his lords, saying, "See that neither man or beast, ox or sheep taste ought at all, and that they neither feed or drink water."
Matthew 6:16
"Moreover, when ye fast, be not sad as the hypocrites are: for they disfigure their faces, that they might be seen of men how they fast. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
General references
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed fasting, and set Naboth on high among the people,
Isaiah 57:12
Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.
James 1:7
Neither let that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.