Verse 13

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food.(If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:25 : 25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
  • Matt 10:13 : 13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
  • Ps 69:10-11 : 10 I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me. 11 I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
  • Luke 10:6 : 6 And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, 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 Review of the Day of Atonement“This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner who lives in your midst,
  • Lev 16:31 : 31 It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.
  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29 : 27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected. 28 The LORD’s message came to Elijah the Tishbite, 29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.”
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 They lament,‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
  • Isa 58:5 : 5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,
  • Matt 9:14-15 : 14 The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?” 15 Jesus said to them,“The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.