Psalm 35:13
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13 But I, (A)when they were sick—
I (B)wore sackcloth;
I (C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed (D)with head bowed[a] on my chest.
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Psalm 69:10-11
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10 When I wept and humbled[a] my soul with fasting,
it became my reproach.
11 When I made (A)sackcloth my clothing,
I became (B)a byword to them.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:10 Hebrew lacks and humbled
Job 30:25
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25 Did not I (A)weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Matthew 10:13
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13 And if the house is (A)worthy, let (B)your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let (C)your peace return to you.
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Matthew 5:44
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44 But I say to you, (A)Love your enemies and (B)pray for those who persecute you,
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Luke 10:6
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6 And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, (A)it will return to you.
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Romans 12:14-15
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14 (A)Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 (B)Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
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Matthew 9:14-15
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A Question About Fasting
14 Then (A)the disciples of John came to him, saying, (B)“Why do we and (C)the Pharisees fast,[a] but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, (D)“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? (E)The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and (F)then they will fast.
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- Matthew 9:14 Some manuscripts add much, or often
Isaiah 58:5
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5 (A)Is such the fast that I choose,
(B)a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Isaiah 58:3
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3 (A)‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure,[a]
(B)and oppress all your workers.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:3 Or pursue your own business
1 Kings 21:27-29
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27 And when Ahab heard those words, he (A)tore his clothes and (B)put sackcloth on his flesh and (C)fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; (D)but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”
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Leviticus 16:31
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31 (A)It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall (B)afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.
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Leviticus 16:29
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29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that (A)in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall (B)afflict yourselves[a] and shall do no work, either (C)the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.
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- Leviticus 16:29 Or shall fast; also verse 31
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