Thematic Bible: Of hypocrites


Thematic Bible



'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers. Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesMastersOppression, Nature OfHow To FastPointless FastingHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And PrayerAbuse

Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence." Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesdiseasesPlaguesPestilencePointless Fasting

Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a person to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?

"And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAtonementFacesFasting, Of HypocritesNeglecting DutiesDisplayingBeing Seen By ManClean FacesPeople UnwashedWhen?How To FastNo RewardSettling AccountsAppearances ofHypocritesFastingHypocrisyFasting And PrayerSmilingmakeup



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