“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Ju
You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your vo
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fa
by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth m
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the stre
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street cor
He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he w
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was rai
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, t
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years