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
Psalm 69:10-11
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10 When I humbled my soul with fasting,[a]
they insulted me for doing so.(A)
11 When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.(B)
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- 69.10 Gk Syr: Heb I wept, with fasting my soul, or I made my soul mourn with fasting
Job 30:25
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25 Did I not weep for those whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?(A)
Matthew 10:13
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13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
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Matthew 5:44
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44 But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,(A)
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Luke 10:6
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6 And if a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on that person, but if not, it will return to you.
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Romans 12:14-15
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14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.(A) 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
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Matthew 9:14-15
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The Question about Fasting
14 Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,[a] but your disciples do not fast?”(A) 15 And Jesus said to them, “The wedding attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.(B)
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- 9.14 Other ancient authorities lack often
Isaiah 58:5
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5 Is such the fast that I choose,
a day to humble oneself?
Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush
and to lie in sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?(A)
Isaiah 58:3
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3 “Why do we fast, but you do not see?
Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?”
Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day
and oppress all your workers.(A)
1 Kings 21:27-29
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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) 28 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, 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, but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster on his house.”(B)
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Leviticus 16:31
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31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble yourselves;[a] it is a statute forever.(A)
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- 16.31 Or shall fast
Leviticus 16:29
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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)
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- 16.29 Or shall fast
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