Isaiah 58:3

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

They say, Why have we fasted, and You did not see? We have afflicted our soul, and You did not know. Behold, on the day of your fast you find pleasure; and you drive all your laborers hard.

Cross References

Ezra 8:21

And I called a fast there at the river Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God, in order to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our goods.

Nehemiah 5:7

And my heart ruled within myself, and I contended with the nobles and the magistrates. And I said to them, You are each man lending at interest, from his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

Job 34:9

For he has said, It is no benefit for a man when he is accepted with God.

Psalm 69:10

And I wept in the fasting of my soul, it also was to my reproach;

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns aside his ear from hearing the Law, even his prayer is a disgusting thing.

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Lord Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning; and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

Isaiah 22:13

But behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and slaughtering sheep; eating flesh and drinking wine, saying, Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with My people; I defiled My inheritance and gave them into your hand. You gave them no compassion; you made your yoke on the aged very heavy.

Leviticus 16:29

And it shall be for a never-ending statute, in the seventh month, in the tenth of the month, you shall humble yourself and do no work, the native, and the alien who is staying in your midst.

Leviticus 16:31

It is a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall humble yourself. It is a never-ending statute.

Leviticus 23:27

Also, on the tenth of this seventh month shall be a day of atonement; there shall be a holy gathering, and you shall humble your souls and shall bring a fire offering to Jehovah.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, It is vanity to serve God. And, What unjust profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

Numbers 23:4

And God came to Balaam, and he said to Him, I have set up seven altars. And I have offered a bull and a ram on the altar.

Luke 15:29

But answering, he said to the father, Behold, so many years I serve you, and I have never transgressed a command of you. And you never gave a goat to me, so that I might be merry with my friends.