Malachi 3:14
You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts?
Isaiah 58:3
Why have we fasted, they say, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.
Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled in their complacency: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Job 21:14-15
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.
Job 22:17
Who said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do to us?
Job 34:9
For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Job 35:3
For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Psalm 73:8-13
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Joel 2:12
Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Zechariah 7:3-6
And to speak unto the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these so many years?
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.