Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God, - and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?
Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we Fasted and thou hast not seen? Humbled our soul, and thou wouldst take no note? Lo! in the day of your fast, ye take pleasure, But all your toilers, ye drive on!
Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass, at that time, that I will search through Jerusalem, with lamps, - and will punish the men who are thickened upon their lees, who are saying in their heart, Yahweh, will not give blessing, neither will he bring calamity.
Job 21:14-15
Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.
Job 22:17
Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and - What can the Almighty do for himself?
Job 34:9
For he hath said, It profiteth not a man, when, his good pleasure, is with God.
Job 35:3
For thou dost say, How can one profit by thee? How can I benefit, more than by my sin?
Psalm 73:8-13
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
Joel 2:12
Even now, therefore, urgeth Yahweh, Turn ye unto me, with all your heart, - and with fasting and with weeping, and with lamentation;
Zechariah 7:3-6
to speak unto the priests that pertained to the house of Yahweh of hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, - Shall I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
James 4:9
Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;