Malachi 3:14
You said, "It is futile to serve God,' and, "What did we get out of it when we carried out his requirements and went about like mourners in the presence of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies?'
Isaiah 58:3
"Why have we fasted,' they ask, "but you do not see? "Why have we humbled ourselves,' they ask, "but you take no notice?'" "Look! On your fast day you serve your own interest and oppress all your workers.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it will come about that I will search Jerusalem with candles, punishing the self-satisfied and complacent, who say to themselves, "The LORD will do neither good nor evil.'
Job 21:14-15
"They say to God, "Turn away from us! We have no desire to know your ways.
Job 22:17
They told God, "Get away from us!' and "What will the Almighty do to them?'
Job 34:9
Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"
Job 35:3
After all, you've asked what your benefit will be: "What will I profit from refraining from sin?'
Psalm 73:8-13
In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.
Joel 2:12
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
Zechariah 7:3-6
and to speak to the priests assigned to the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies along with the prophets, asking, "Am I to go about mourning, denying myself throughout the fifth month, as I have these many years?"
James 4:9
Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.