Daniel 6:18
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18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no entertainment was brought to him, and sleep fled from him.(A)
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Daniel 2:1
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Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
2 In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.(A)
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Esther 6:1
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The King Honors Mordecai
6 On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.(A)
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2 Samuel 12:16-17
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16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.(A) 17 The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
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Psalm 77:4
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4 You keep my eyelids from closing;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Revelation 18:22
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22 and the sound of harpists and entertainers and of flutists and trumpeters
will be heard in you no more,
and an artisan of any trade
will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the millstone
will be heard in you no more,(A)
Jonah 3:3-9
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3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly large city, a three days’ walk across. 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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Amos 6:4-6
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4 Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory
and lounge on their couches
and eat lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall,(A)
5 who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David improvise on instruments of music,(B)
6 who drink wine from bowls
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!(C)
Isaiah 24:8-9
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8 The mirth of the timbrels is stilled;
the noise of the jubilant has ceased;
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.(A)
9 No longer do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
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8 I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got singers, both men and women, and delights of the flesh, many concubines.[a](A)
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- 2.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 137:2
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Job 21:12
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12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.(A)
1 Kings 21:27
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27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth over his bare flesh; he fasted, lay in the sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.(A)
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2 Samuel 19:24
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David and Mephibosheth Meet
24 Mephibosheth grandson of Saul came down to meet the king; he had not taken care of his feet or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he came back in safety.(A)
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