Thematic Bible: Of hypocrites
Thematic Bible
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Rejected
'Why have we fasted,' say they, 'and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, 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, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you do not fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Ostentatious
"Moreover when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Fasting » Of hypocrites » Boasted of, before God
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
Serpents » Illustrative » Of hypocrites
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of hell?