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 on high among the people:
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
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 to men to fast. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew 23:14
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Luke 20:47
Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
John 18:28
Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment-hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
And to smite
Acts 23:1
And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Philippians 1:14
And many of the brethren in the Lord, becoming 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 to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth 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 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 to men to fast. Verily, I say to you, they have their reward.
General references
1 Kings 21:12
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among 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 that man think that he shall receive any thing from the Lord.