Thematic Bible: Of hypocrites
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Fasting » Of hypocrites » Rejected
"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.
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Although they fast, I won't listen to their cry, and although they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. Instead, I'll put an end to them with the sword, with famine, and with a plague."
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Fasting » Of hypocrites » Described
"Look! You fast only for quarreling, and for fighting, and for hitting with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice heard on high. "Is this the kind of fast that I have chosen, merely a day for a person to humble himself? Is it merely for bowing down one's head like a bulrush, for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call a fast, an acceptable day to the LORD?
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Ostentatious
"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!
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Fasting » Of hypocrites » Boasted of, before God
I fast twice a week, and I give a tenth of my entire income.'
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Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
You snakes, you children of serpents! How can you escape being condemned to hell?
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