Thematic Bible: Of hypocrites
Thematic Bible
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Rejected
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Described
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Ostentatious
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Boasted of, before God
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?