Psalms 35:13

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But when they were ill, I wore sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered.

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  • Job 30:25 : 25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?
  • Matt 10:13 : 13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
  • Ps 69:10-11 : 10 For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. 11 I wept and fasted, but it brought reproach on me.
  • Luke 10:6 : 6 If a peaceful person is there, your peace will rest on them; but if not, it will return to you.
  • Rom 12:14-15 : 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • Lev 16:29 : 29 This shall be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you are to deny yourselves and do no work—whether native-born or a foreigner living among you.
  • Lev 16:31 : 31 It is a sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves; it shall be a lasting ordinance.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went about meekly. 28 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 'Have you noticed how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself, I will not bring disaster during his lifetime; but in the days of his son, I will bring disaster on his house.'
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' Yet on the day of your fasting, you pursue your own desires and oppress all your workers.
  • Isa 58:5 : 5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Matt 9:14-15 : 14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?' 15 Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'

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    14I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow.

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; attackers I did not know came against me, ripping at me without ceasing.

  • Ps 69:10-11
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    10For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

    11I wept and fasted, but it brought reproach on me.

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    12They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.

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    3So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking Him in prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

  • Job 16:15-16
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    15I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and buried my strength in the dust.

    16My face is red with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death.

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    18With great force my garment is disfigured; it binds me like the collar of my tunic.

    19He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

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    20See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in anguish within, my heart is overturned because I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.

    21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many, and my heart is faint.

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    7I am bent over and deeply bowed down; all day long I go about mourning.

    8For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body.

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    20Surely my soul remembers and is bowed down within me.

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    4The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his illness.

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    27My insides are in turmoil and never sit still; days of suffering confront me.

    28I walk in mourning without sunlight; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

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    25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?

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    24My knees are weak from fasting, and my body has grown thin and gaunt.

    25I am an object of scorn to them; when they see me, they shake their heads.

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    33if I have concealed my sin as people do, hiding my guilt in my heart,

  • Isa 58:5
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    5Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

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    18My grief is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.

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    16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

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    19Woe to me because of my brokenness! My wound is incurable. Yet I said, 'This is my suffering, and I must endure it.'

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    22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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    15What shall I say? He has spoken to me, and He has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

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    5My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food.

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    27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went about meekly.