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And they mourned, weeping and fasting until evening, for the death of Saul and his son Jonathan, for all the people of Judah and for the nation of Israel. (2 Samuel 1, 12)
I remained seated and dismayed until the evening sacrifice; and then, at the time for the evening offering, I rose from my fasting, and with my clothes and mantle torn, I knelt down, spreading out my hands to Yahweh, my God. (Ezra 9, 5)
It is a good thing to accompany prayer with fasting, almsgiving and justice. It is better to do a little with honor than much with injustice. It is better to give alms than to treasure up gold. (Tobit 12, 8)
In every province where the king's edict was read, there was great mourning among the Jews; fasting and weeping with lamentation, and many of them slept on sackcloth and ashes. (Esther 4, 3)
enjoining them to observe these days of Purim at the designated time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed and just as the Jews had prescribed for themselves and their descendants, with respect to their duty of fasting and lamentation. (Esther 9, 31)
When I humbled myself with fasting, I was scorned for it. (Psalms 69, 11)
My knees have become weak from fasting, my body is wasted of its substance. (Psalms 109, 24)
Once all the people had carried out the order to pray to the merciful Lord with lamentations, fasting and prayer for three consecutive days, Judas encouraged them and commanded them to stand ready. (2 Maccabees 13, 12)
If anyone fasts for his sins and then commits the same sins, who will hear his prayer? What value is there in his fasting? (Ecclesiasticus 34, 26)
"Why are we fasting," they complain, "and you do not even see it? We are doing penance and you never notice it." Look, on your fast days you push your trade and you oppress your laborers. (Isaiah 58, 3)
Yes, you fast but end up quarreling, striking each other with wicked blows. Fasting as you do will not make your voice heard on high. (Isaiah 58, 4)
Is that the kind of fast that pleases me, just a day for a man to humble himself? Is fasting merely bowing down one's head, and making use of sackcloth and ashes? Would you call that fasting, a day acceptable to Yahweh? (Isaiah 58, 5)
