Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
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
If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.
Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you.
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the da
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked arou
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do