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Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
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Leviticus 16:29-31
“ It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no kind of work, whether native- born or a stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you. You shall be clean from all your sins before Yahweh.It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
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Acts 27:9
When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them
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Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
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Luke 13:5
I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
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Isaiah 58:3-5
‘ Why have we fasted,’ they say,‘ and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’“ Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
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Romans 6:6
knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
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Leviticus 23:26-32
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.You shall do no kind of work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Yahweh your God.For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day shall be cut off from his people.Whoever does any kind of work in that same day, I will destroy that person from among his people.You shall do no kind of work: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
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Isaiah 22:12
In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
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1 Corinthians 9 27
but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
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Luke 13:3
I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
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Zechariah 12:10
I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
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2 Corinthians 7 9-2 Corinthians 7 11
I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.For behold, this same thing, that you were grieved in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
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James 4:8-10
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double- minded.Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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Zechariah 7:3
and to speak to the priests of the house of Yahweh of Armies, and to the prophets, saying,“ Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?”
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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
