You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that H
So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow t
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock,
Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful de
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to