Psalm 35:13

A Conservative Version

But as for me, when they were sick my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

Cross References

Job 30:25

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

Matthew 10:13

And if indeed the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

Leviticus 16:31

It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and ye shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.

Luke 10:6

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him, and if not, it will return to you.

Isaiah 58:5

Is such the fast that I have chosen, the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to LORD?

Isaiah 58:3

Why have we fasted, [they say], and thou see not? We have afflicted our soul, and thou take no knowledge. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact from all your laborers.

Leviticus 16:29

And it shall be a statute forever to you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the home-born, or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Psalm 69:12

Those who sit in the gate talk of me, and [I am] the song of the drunkards.