Verse 14
Ye have said,{H559} It is vain{H7723} to serve{H5647} God;{H430} and what profit{H1215} is it that we have kept{H8104} his charge,{H4931} and that we have walked{H1980} mournfully{H6941} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts?{H6635}
Referenced Verses
- Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted,{H6684} [say they], and thou seest{H7200} not? [wherefore] have we afflicted{H6031} our soul,{H5315} and thou takest no knowledge?{H3045} Behold, in the day{H3117} of your fast{H6685} ye find{H4672} [your own] pleasure,{H2656} and exact{H5065} all your labors.{H6092}
- Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time,{H6256} that I will search{H2664} Jerusalem{H3389} with lamps;{H5216} and I will punish{H6485} the men{H582} that are settled{H7087} on their lees,{H8105} that say{H559} in their heart,{H3824} Jehovah{H3068} will not do good,{H3190} neither will he do evil.{H7489}
- Zech 7:3-6 : 3 [ and] to speak{H559} unto the priests{H3548} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} and to the prophets,{H5030} saying,{H559} Should I weep{H1058} in the fifth{H2549} month,{H2320} separating{H5144} myself, as I have done{H6213} these so many years?{H8141} 4 Then came the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} unto me, saying,{H559} 5 Speak{H559} unto all the people{H5971} of the land,{H776} and to the priests,{H3548} saying,{H559} When ye fasted{H6684} and mourned{H5594} in the fifth{H2549} and in the seventh{H7637} [month], even these seventy{H7657} years,{H8141} did ye at all{H6684} fast{H6684} unto me, even to me? 6 And when ye eat,{H398} and when ye drink,{H8354} do not ye eat{H398} for yourselves, and drink{H8354} for yourselves?
- Jas 4:9 : 9 Be afflicted,{G5003} and{G2532} mourn,{G3996} and{G2532} weep:{G2799} let{G3344} your{G5216} laughter{G1071} be turned{G3344} to{G1519} mourning,{G3997} and{G2532} your joy{G5479} to{G1519} heaviness.{G2726}
- Joel 2:12 : 12 Yet even now, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} turn{H7725} ye unto me with all your heart,{H3824} and with fasting,{H6685} and with weeping,{H1065} and with mourning:{H4553}
- Job 21:14-15 : 14 And they say{H559} unto God,{H410} Depart{H5493} from us; For we desire{H2654} not the knowledge{H1847} of thy ways.{H1870} 15 What is the Almighty,{H7706} that we should serve{H5647} him? And what profit{H3276} should we have, if we pray{H6293} unto him?
- Job 22:17 : 17 Who said{H559} unto God,{H410} Depart{H5493} from us; And, What can the Almighty{H7706} do{H6466} for us?
- Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said,{H559} It profiteth{H5532} a man{H1397} nothing That he should delight{H7521} himself with God.{H430}
- Job 35:3 : 3 That thou sayest,{H559} What advantage{H5532} will it be unto thee? [And], What profit{H3276} shall I have, more than if I had sinned?{H2403}
- Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff,{H4167} and in wickedness{H7451} utter{H1696} oppression:{H6233} They speak{H1696} loftily.{H4791} 9 They have set{H8371} their mouth{H6310} in the heavens,{H8064} And their tongue{H3956} walketh{H1980} through the earth.{H776} 10 Therefore his people{H5971} return{H7725} hither:{H1988} And waters{H4325} of a full{H4392} [cup] are drained{H4680} by them. 11 And they say,{H559} How doth God{H410} know?{H3045} And is there{H3426} knowledge{H1844} in the Most High?{H5945} 12 Behold, these are the wicked;{H7563} And, being alway{H5769} at ease,{H7961} they increase{H7685} in riches.{H2428} 13 Surely in vain{H7385} have I cleansed{H2135} my heart,{H3824} And washed{H7364} my hands{H3709} in innocency;{H5356}