Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in [a]Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for (A)three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; (B)and if I perish, I perish!”
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- Esther 4:16 Or Susa
Acts 20:24
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24 [a]But (A)none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, (B)so that I may finish my [b]race with joy, (C)and the ministry (D)which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
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- Acts 20:24 NU But I do not count my life of any value or dear to myself
- Acts 20:24 course
2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set [a]himself to (A)seek the Lord, and (B)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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- 2 Chronicles 20:3 Lit. his face
Luke 9:24
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24 (A)For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
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Joel 2:12-17
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A Call to Repentance
12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
(A)“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 So (B)rend your heart, and not (C)your garments;
Return to the Lord your God,
For He is (D)gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
And He relents from doing harm.
14 (E)Who knows if He will turn and relent,
And leave (F)a blessing behind Him—
(G)A grain offering and a drink offering
For the Lord your God?
15 (H)Blow the [a]trumpet in Zion,
(I)Consecrate a fast,
Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people,
(J)Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
(K)Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
Weep (L)between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, (M)“Spare Your people, O Lord,
And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should [b]rule over them.
(N)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
Genesis 18:19
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19 For I have known him, in order (A)that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”
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Jonah 3:4-9
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4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then (A)he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the (B)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth (C)and sat in ashes. 7 (D)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his [a]nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, (E)let every one turn from his evil way and from (F)the violence that is in his hands. 9 (G)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
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- Jonah 3:7 Lit. great ones
Joshua 24:15
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15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, (A)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether (B)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [a]the River, or (C)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (D)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
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- Joshua 24:15 The Euphrates
2 Samuel 10:12
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12 (A)Be of good courage, and let us (B)be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may (C)the Lord do what is good in His sight.”
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Genesis 43:14
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14 And may God (A)Almighty (B)give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. (C)If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”
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Isaiah 22:12
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12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
Esther 5:1
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Esther’s Banquet
5 Now it happened (A)on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in (B)the inner court of the king’s palace, across from the king’s house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the [a]house.
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- Esther 5:1 LXX adds many extra details in vv. 1, 2
Philippians 2:30
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30 because for the work of Christ he came close to death, [a]not regarding his life, (A)to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.
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- Philippians 2:30 risking
Romans 16:4
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4 who risked their own 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 And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing.
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Acts 21:13
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13 Then Paul answered, (A)“What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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Acts 10:7
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7 And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him continually.
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Acts 9:9
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9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
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Joel 1:14-15
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Matthew 12:40
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40 (A)For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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