And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the L
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there
And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do
If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light
Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked thos
Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the da
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will
This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himse
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackclot
“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together,
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted unt
From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy an
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was up
Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it no
But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—an