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2 Samuel 13 31
Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.
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Acts 9:9
For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.
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1 Kings 21 27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.
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Isaiah 22:12
At that time the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.
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Psalms 50:15
Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
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2 Samuel 12 22
He replied,“ While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘ Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live.
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Esther 4:16
“ Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”
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Isaiah 26:16
O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.
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Psalms 69:10
I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
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Jonah 3:9
Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”
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Job 20:12-14
“ If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
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Joel 2:12-14
“ Yet even now,” the LORD says,“ return to me with all your heart– with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!”Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love– often relenting from calamitous punishment.Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake– a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the LORD your God!