4 Bible Verses about Pointless Fasting
Most Relevant Verses
2 Samuel 12:23
But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours.
Isaiah 58:4
Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
Jeremiah 14:12
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.
Bible Theasaurus
- Pointless (31 instances)