Ezra 8:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ I proclaimed a fast  by the River Ahava,  so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our dependents, and all our possessions.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a straight and right way for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Common English Bible

²¹ Then I called for a fast there at the Ahava River so that we might submit before our God and ask of him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.

Ezra 8:21 Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved  to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast  for all Judah,

2 Chronicles 20:4

who gathered to seek the Lord. They even came from all the cities of Judah to seek him.

Ezra 8:15

I gathered them at the river  that flows to Ahava,  and we camped there for three days. I searched among the people and priests, but found no Levites  there.

Ezra 8:31

We set out from the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,  , and he kept us from the grasp of the enemy and from ambush along the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of this month  the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

Esther 4:16

‘Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,  night or day. I and my female servants will also fast  in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.  If I perish, I perish.’

Proverbs 3:6

in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.

Isaiah 30:21

and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: ‘This is the way. Walk in it.’

Isaiah 35:8

A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.

Isaiah 49:10

They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate one will guide them, and lead them to springs.

Isaiah 58:3

‘Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed! ’ ‘Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.

Isaiah 58:5

Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the  Lord?

Jeremiah 10:23

I know,  Lord, that a person’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps.

Jeremiah 42:3

that the Lord your God may tell us the way we should go and the thing we should do.’

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Joel 1:14

Announce a sacred fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land at the house of the  Lord your God, and cry out to the  Lord.

Leviticus 16:29

‘This is to be a permanent statute  for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practise self-denial  and do no work,  both the native and the foreigner  who resides among you.

Leviticus 16:31

It is a Sabbath  of complete rest for you,  and you must practise self-denial; it is a permanent statute.

Leviticus 23:29

If any person does not practise self-denial on this particular day, he is to be cut off from his people.

Jonah 3:5

Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast  and dressed in sackcloth #– #from the greatest of them to the least.

Jonah 3:7

Then he issued a decree  in Nineveh: By order of the king and his nobles: No person or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.

Numbers 14:3

Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder.  Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt? ’

Numbers 14:31

I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder  into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off,  as many as the Lord our God will call.’

Judges 20:26

The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the Lord.  They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:6

When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence.  They fasted that day,  and there they confessed, ‘We have sinned against the Lord.’  And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.