Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”(A)
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Acts 20:24
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24 But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.(A)
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2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 Jehoshaphat was afraid; he set himself to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.(A)
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Luke 9:24
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24 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.(A)
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Joel 2:12-17
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12 Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;(A)
13 rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love,
and relenting from punishment.(B)
14 Who knows whether he will not turn and relent
and leave a blessing behind him,
a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?(C)
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion;
consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;(D)
16 gather the people.
Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the aged;
gather the children,
even infants at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her canopy.(E)
17 Between the vestibule and the altar,
let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep.
Let them say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and do not make your heritage a mockery,
a byword among the nations.
Why should it be said among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”(F)
Genesis 18:19
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19 No, for I have chosen[a] him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”(A)
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- 18.19 Heb known
Jonah 3:4-9
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4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, “Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.(A)
6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.(B) 7 Then he had a proclamation made in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not feed, nor shall they drink water.(C) 8 Humans and animals shall be covered with sackcloth, and they shall cry mightily to God. All shall turn from their evil ways and from the violence that is in their hands.(D) 9 Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.”(E)
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Joshua 24:15
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15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”(A)
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2 Samuel 10:12
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12 Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”(A)
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Joel 1:14-15
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14 Consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly.
Gather the elders
and all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.(A)
15 Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty[a] it comes.(B)
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- 1.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Isaiah 22:12
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12 On that day the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for baldness and putting on sackcloth,(A)
Esther 5:1
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Esther’s Banquet
5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, opposite the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne inside the palace opposite the entrance to the palace.(A)
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Genesis 43:14
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14 may God Almighty[a] grant you mercy before the man, so that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”(A)
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- 43.14 Traditional rendering of Heb El Shaddai
Philippians 2:30
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30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ,[a] risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.
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- 2.30 Other ancient authorities read of the Lord
Romans 16:4
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4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but also all the churches of the gentiles.
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Acts 27:33
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33 Just before daybreak, Paul urged all of them to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have been in suspense and remaining without food, having eaten nothing.
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Acts 21:13
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13 Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(A)
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Acts 10:7
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7 When the angel who spoke to him had left, he called two of his slaves and a devout soldier from the ranks of those who served him,
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Acts 9:9
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9 For three days he was without sight and neither ate nor drank.
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Matthew 12:40
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40 For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so for three days and three nights the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth.(A)
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1 Samuel 19:5
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5 for he took his life in his hand when he attacked the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced; why then will you sin against an innocent person by killing David without cause?”(A)
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