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 fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!
Matthew 23:14
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow's houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
Luke 20:47
These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier."
John 18:28
From Caiaphas they took Jesus to the Government House. It was early in the morning. But they did not enter the Government House themselves, lest they should become 'defiled,' and so be unable to eat the Passover.
And to smite
Acts 23:1
Paul fixed his eyes upon the Council, and began: "Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day."
Philippians 1:14
And besides this, most of our Brothers have gained confidence in the Lord through my chains, and now venture with far greater freedom to speak of God's Message fearlessly.
Shall not fast as ye do this day
Matthew 6:16
And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!
General references
James 1:7
Such a man must not expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,