Joel 2:16
Gather the people! Dedicate the congregation! Bring in the elders. Gather the youngsters and even the nursing infants. Call the bridegroom from his wedding preparations, and the bride from her dressing room.
Exodus 19:10
The LORD told Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes,
Exodus 19:22
Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves. Otherwise, the LORD will attack them."
1 Samuel 16:5
He said, "Peace, I've come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." Samuel consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 20:13
All of Judah was standing in the LORD's presence, along with their little babies, their wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 29:5
and told them,
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
Exodus 19:15
He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman."
Deuteronomy 29:10-11
"All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God the heads of your tribes, your elders, your magistrates, all the men of Israel,
Joshua 7:13
So get up and sanctify the people. Tell them, "Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, because this is what the LORD God of Israel, says: "There are things turned over to destruction among you, Israel. You won't be able to defeat your enemies until you remove what has been turned over to destruction.
2 Chronicles 29:23-24
They brought the male goats for the sin offering to the king within the assembled gathering, laid their hands on them,
2 Chronicles 30:17
Because there were so many in the assembly that had not consecrated themselves, therefore the descendants of Levi supervised the slaughter of the Passover sacrifices on behalf of everyone who remained unclean, so they could be consecrated to the LORD.
2 Chronicles 30:19
everyone who prepares his own heart to seek God, the LORD God of his ancestors, even though he does so inconsistent with the laws of consecration."
2 Chronicles 35:6
Now slaughter the Passover, consecrate yourselves, and prepare your relatives to obey the command from the LORD given by Moses."
Job 1:5
When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." Job did this time and again.
Psalm 19:5
which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, or like a champion who rejoices at the beginning of a race.
Joel 1:14
Set apart time for a fast! Call a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and everyone living in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD!"
Jonah 3:7-8
Then he had this proclamation published throughout Nineveh: "By decree of the king and his nobles:
Zechariah 12:11-14
Then they will mourn for him, as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him, as for a firstborn son. At that time, Jerusalem will mourn deeply, like the mourning about Hadad-rimmon that took place in the plain of Megiddo.
Matthew 9:15
Jesus asked them, "The wedding guests can't mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast."