Numbers 29:7
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Offerings on the Day of Atonement
7 “On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and humble yourselves;[a] you shall do no work.(A)
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- 29.7 Or fast
Acts 27:9
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9 Since much time had been lost and sailing was now dangerous, because even the Fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,(A)
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Matthew 5:4
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4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.(A)
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Psalm 35:13
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13 But as for me, when they were sick,
I wore sackcloth;
I afflicted myself with fasting.
I prayed with head bowed[a] on my bosom,(A)
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- 35.13 Or My prayer turned back
Leviticus 16:29-31
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29 “This shall be a statute to you forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves[a] and shall do no work, neither the native-born nor the alien who resides among you.(A) 30 For on this day atonement shall be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the Lord. 31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble yourselves;[b] it is a statute forever.(B)
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James 4:8-10
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8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A) 9 Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.(B)
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2 Corinthians 7:9-11
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9 now I rejoice, not because you were grieved but because your grief led to repentance, for you felt a godly grief, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death.(A) 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the matter.
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1 Corinthians 9:27
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27 but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.(A)
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Romans 6:6
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6 We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, so we might no longer be enslaved to sin.(A)
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