Isaiah 58:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day and oppress all your workers.

Cross References

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the River Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.

Nehemiah 5:7

After thinking it over, I contended with the nobles and the officials; I said to them, “You are all taking interest from your own people.” And I called a great assembly to deal with them

Job 34:9

For he has said, ‘It profits one nothing to take delight in God.’

Psalm 69:10

When I humbled my soul with fasting, they insulted me for doing so.

Proverbs 28:9

When one will not listen to the law, even one’s prayers are an abomination.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and putting on sackcloth,

Isaiah 22:13

but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.

Leviticus 16:29

“This shall be a statute to you forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble yourselves and shall do no work, neither the native-born nor the alien who resides among you.

Leviticus 16:31

It is a Sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble yourselves; it is a statute forever.

Leviticus 23:27

“Now, the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you: you shall humble yourselves and present the Lord’s offering by fire,

Malachi 3:14

You have said, “It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?

Numbers 23:4

Then God met Balaam, and Balaam said to him, “I have arranged the seven altars and have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘Listen! For all these years I have been working like a slave for you, and I have never disobeyed your command, yet you have never given me even a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends.