Lev 16:31, Psa 35:13, Isa 58:3, 5, Dan 10:12 | ESV | STEP | It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves ; it is a statute forever .

a ch. 23:32

b[See ver. 29 above]

c[Job 30:25]

d Ps. 69:11; [1 Kgs. 20:31]

e Ps. 69:10; Num. 29:7

f[Matt. 10:13]; Luke 10:6

h[Mal. 3:14]

j[ch. 60:17]; See Neh. 5:1-8

k Zech. 7:5

l Lev. 16:29

m ver. 19; [Judg. 6:23; Rev. 1:17]

Leviticus 16:31

31 ^aIt is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall ^bafflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

Psalms 35:13

13 But I, ^cwhen they were sick—
I ^dwore sackcloth;
I ^eafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^fwith head bowed ^{▼▼Or my prayer shall turn back} on my chest.

Isaiah 58:3

3 ^h‘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}
^jand oppress all your workers.

Isaiah 58:5

5 ^kIs such the fast that I choose,
^la 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?

Daniel 10:12

12 Then he said to me, ^m“Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you ⁿset your heart to understand and ^ohumbled yourself before your God, ^pyour words have been heard, ^qand I have come because of your words.