Leviticus 23:32
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
Leviticus 16:31
A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls: it is an everlasting statute.
Leviticus 23:27
Also on the tenth of this seventh month is the day of the atonement: a holy convocation shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and present an offering by fire to Jehovah.
Psalm 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 69:10-11
And I wept, my soul was fasting: that also was to my reproach; --
Psalm 126:5-6
They that sow in tears shall reap with rejoicing:
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 57:18-19
I have seen his ways, and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts unto him and to those of his that mourn.
Isaiah 58:3-7
Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours.
Isaiah 61:3
to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty should be given unto them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness: that they might be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.
Hebrews 4:3
For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word.