Jeremiah 16:7

New International Version

⁷No one will offer food^(A) to comfort those who mourn^(B) for the dead—not even for a father or a mother—nor will anyone give them a drink to console^(C) them.

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Hosea 9:4

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⁴They will not pour out wine offerings^(A) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please^(B) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;^(C)
    all who eat them will be unclean.^(D)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.^(E)

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Ezekiel 24:17

New International Version

¹⁷Groan quietly;^(A) do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban^(B) fastened and your sandals^(C) on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard^(D) or eat the customary food of mourners.^(E)”

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Deuteronomy 26:14

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¹⁴I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean,^(A) nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me.

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Proverbs 31:6-7

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⁶Let beer be for those who are perishing,
wine^(A) for those who are in anguish!
⁷Let them drink^(B) and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.

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Job 42:11

New International Version

¹¹All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before^(A) came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him,^(B) and each one gave him a piece of silver^[a] and a gold ring.

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