Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
And proclaimed
General references
Bible References
Believed
Exodus 9:18
behold, tomorrow this time, I will send down a mighty great hail; even such one as was not in Egypt since it was grounded unto this time.
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh shall rise at the day of judgment with this nation, and condemn them: for they amended at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 11:32
The men of Nineveh shall rise at the judgment, with this generation, and shall condemn them: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah: And behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
Acts 27:25
Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God that so it shall be even as it was told me;
Hebrews 11:1
Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen.
And proclaimed
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed fasting throughout all Judah.
Ezra 8:21
And even there at the water beside Ahava, I proclaimed a fast, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and our children and all our substance.
Jeremiah 36:9
And this was done in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, when it was commanded that all the people of Jerusalem should fast before the LORD, and they also that were come from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Joel 1:14
Proclaim a fasting, call the congregation, gather the elders and all the inhabiters of the land together in to the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
Joel 2:12
And now therefore saith the LORD: Turn to me with all your hearts, in fasting and lamentation.
From
Jeremiah 31:34
And from thenceforth shall no man teach his neighbour or his brother, and say, 'Know the LORD.' But they shall all know me, from the lowest unto the highest, sayeth the LORD. For I will forgive their misdeeds, and will never remember their sins anymore.
Jeremiah 42:1
So all the rulers, and Johanan the son of Kareah, Azariah the son of Hoshaiah came with all the people, from the least unto the most,
Acts 8:10
Whom they regarded, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This fellow is the great power of God."
General references
Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.
Exodus 9:20
And as many as feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their beasts flee to house: