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Isaiah 58:5
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Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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Ezra 8:21
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Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
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Zechariah 8:19
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
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Numbers 24:24
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And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
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Matthew 6:16
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Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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Isaiah 58:4
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Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
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Esther 4:16
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Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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Mark 2:19
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And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
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Matthew 9:14
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Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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1 Kings 11:39
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And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
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Exodus 22:22
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Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
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Psalms 89:22
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The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
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Exodus 22:23
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If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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Leviticus 16:31
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It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
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Psalms 55:19
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God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
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Lamentations 3:33
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For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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Mark 2:18
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And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
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Psalms 94:5
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They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.
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Psalms 143:12
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And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
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Numbers 29:7
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And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
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Exodus 1:11
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Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
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Job 37:23
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Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
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Amos 5:12
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For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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Genesis 15:13
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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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Isaiah 51:23
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But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
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