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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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Isaiah 58:6
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
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Jeremiah 50:33
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
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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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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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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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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 10:18
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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Psalms 103:6
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The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
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Psalms 106:42
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Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
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Psalms 74:21
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O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
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2 Kings 13:22
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But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
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Hosea 5:11
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Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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Acts 7:24
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And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
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Isaiah 52:4
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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2 Chronicles 16:10
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Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
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Psalms 146:7
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Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
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Isaiah 1:17
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Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
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Isaiah 3:5
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And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
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Ezekiel 18:18
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As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
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Acts 10:38
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How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
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Ezekiel 22:29
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The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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