Leviticus 23:32
It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath.
Leviticus 16:31
It is a sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute for ever.
Leviticus 23:27
Howbeit on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
Psalm 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted 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 contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 69:10-11
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, That was to my reproach.
Psalm 126:5-6
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isaiah 57:18-19
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Isaiah 58:3-7
Wherefore have we fasted,'say they , and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Isaiah 61:3
to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
1 Corinthians 11:31
But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.
Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.