Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fasting » General references to
Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
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When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)
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I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
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They lament, 'Why don't you notice when we fast? Why don't you pay attention when we humble ourselves?' Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
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Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues."
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"Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me -- for me, indeed?
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Fasting » For the chastening of the soul
I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
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Fasting » Instances of » Of david » In his zeal for zion
I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
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