Malachi 3:14
You have said: 'There is no value to serve God. What is the use of doing what he says or of trying to show Jehovah of Hosts that we are sorry for what we have done?'
Isaiah 58:3
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.'
Zephaniah 1:12
At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the men that are satisfied with their wayward lifestyle. They say in their heart, 'Jehovah will not do good and he will not do evil.'
Job 21:14-15
They say to God: 'Leave us alone! We do not desire to know your ways.'
Job 22:17
They said to God: 'Leave us alone.' They asked: 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
Job 34:9
He has said: 'It profits one nothing to take delight in God.'
Job 35:3
If you ask: 'What advantage do I have? How am I better off than if I had sinned?'
Psalm 73:8-13
They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
Joel 2:12
Even now, said Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning!
Zechariah 7:3-6
Therefore speak to the priests of the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and say to the prophets: Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these many years?
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.