Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
And that
Bible References
It is
Job 21:14
And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.
Job 22:17
[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'
Job 34:9
Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'
Job 35:3
If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?'
Psalm 73:8
They mock and speak maliciously of oppression; they speak [as though] from on high.
Isaiah 58:3
'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!
Zephaniah 1:12
And it shall be [that] at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men {whose senses are dulled from drinking}, who say in their hearts, 'Yahweh will not do good, nor will he do evil.'
And that
Isaiah 58:3
'Why do we fast, and you do not see [it]? We humiliate our soul, and you do not notice [it]?' Look! You find delight on the day of your fast, and you oppress all your workers!
Joel 2:12
"And even now," {declares} Yahweh, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, and weeping, and wailing."
Zechariah 7:3
saying to the {priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts} and to the prophets, "Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate as I have done for these many years?"
James 4:9
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.