5 Bible Verses about Afflicting Your Soul

"On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work,

"And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

"Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD.

It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath."