Lev 16:29, Ezr 8:21, Psa 35:13, 126:5-6, Isa 22:12, 58:3-5, Zec 7:3 | ESV | STEP | And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month , on the tenth day of the month , you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work , either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Leviticus 16:29

29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that ^ain the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall ^bafflict yourselves ^{▼▼Or shall fast; also verse 31} and shall do no work, either ^dthe native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Ezra 8:21

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 ^eThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river ^fAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, ^gto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

Psalms 35:13

13 But I, ^hwhen they were sick—
I ⁱwore sackcloth;
I ^jafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^kwith head bowed ^{▼▼Or my prayer shall turn back} on my chest.

Psalms 126:5-6

5 ^mThose who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Isaiah 22:12

12 In that day ⁿthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^obaldness and ^pwearing sackcloth;

Isaiah 58:3-5

3 ^q‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, ^{▼▼Or pursue your own business}
^sand oppress all your workers.
4 Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight
and to hit with a wicked fist.
Fasting like yours this day
will not make your voice to be heard on high.
5 ^tIs such the fast that I choose,
^ua day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?

Zechariah 7:3

3 ^vsaying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and ^wthe prophets, “Should I weep and ^xabstain in ^ythe fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”