Psalm 35:13

The Scriptures 1998

But I, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth; I humbled my being with fastings; And my prayer would return to my own bosom.

Cross References

Job 30:25

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was my being not grieved for the poor?

Psalm 69:12

They who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

Isaiah 58:3

They say, ‘Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our beings, and You took no note?’ “Look, in the day of your fasting you find pleasure, and drive on all your labourers.

Isaiah 58:5

“Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his being? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to יהוה ?

Leviticus 16:29

“And this shall be for you a law forever: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you afflict your beings, and do no work, the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Leviticus 16:31

“It is a Sabbath of rest for you, and you shall afflict your beings – a law forever.

Matthew 10:13

“And if 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 cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those insulting you and persecuting you,

Luke 10:6

“And if indeed a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest on it; and if not, it shall return to you.