Leviticus 23:32
It is a day of worship (sabbath), a day when you do not work. Humble yourselves starting on the evening of the ninth day of the month. From that evening to the next, observe the day of worship.
Leviticus 16:31
That day is to be a very holy day, one on which they fast and do no work at all. These regulations are to be observed for a long lasting time to come.
Leviticus 23:27
The tenth day of this seventh month is a special day for the payment for sins. There will be a holy assembly. Humble yourselves, and bring Jehovah a sacrifice by fire.
Psalm 35:13
But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. I humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned unanswered.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful (contrite) heart.
Psalm 69:10-11
When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.
Isaiah 57:15
The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: 'I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.'
Isaiah 57:18-19
I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
Isaiah 58:3-7
Why have we fasted and you do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and you do not notice? Behold, on the day of your fast you find desire, and mistreat all your workers.'
Isaiah 61:3
to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
1 Corinthians 11:31
For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
Hebrews 4:3
We who believe enter into the rest. As God said: I swore in my anger: 'They shall not enter into my rest.' Yet God's works were completed from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us do our utmost to enter into that rest. Let no one fall into the same pattern of disobedience by not obeying the word.