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Isaiah 58:5

5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the Lord?

Cross References for Isaiah 58:5

Numbers 30:13 - Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself. Click to read the verse Numbers 30:13 Click to read the verse Numbers 30:13

1 Peter 2:5 - you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, o... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 2:5 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 2:5

Joel 2:13 - Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and comp... Click to read the verse Joel 2:13 Click to read the verse Joel 2:13

Ezra 8:21 - There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our Go... Click to read the verse Ezra 8:21 Click to read the verse Ezra 8:21

Jonah 3:5-8 - The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the lea... Click to read the verse Jonah 3:5-8 Click to read the verse Jonah 3:5-8

Esther 4:16 - “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for thr... Click to read the verse Esther 4:16 Click to read the verse Esther 4:16

Job 42:6 - Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” Click to read the verse Job 42:6 Click to read the verse Job 42:6

Leviticus 23:27 - “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny y... Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:27 Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:27

Isaiah 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and y... Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3 Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3

Zechariah 7:5 - “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and ... Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:5 Click to read the verse Zechariah 7:5

Leviticus 16:29 - “This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny... Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:29 Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:29

Psalms 35:13 - Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers ret... Click to read the verse Psalms 35:13 Click to read the verse Psalms 35:13

Leviticus 16:31 - It is a sabbath of rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance. Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:31 Click to read the verse Leviticus 16:31

Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of y... Click to read the verse Romans 12:2 Click to read the verse Romans 12:2

Isaiah 61:2 - to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all wh... Click to read the verse Isaiah 61:2 Click to read the verse Isaiah 61:2

Romans 14:6 - He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for... Click to read the verse Romans 14:6 Click to read the verse Romans 14:6

Nehemiah 9:1-2 - The Israelites Confess Their Sins On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites ga... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:1-2 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:1-2

Esther 4:1 - Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his ... Click to read the verse Esther 4:1 Click to read the verse Esther 4:1

2 Chronicles 20:3 - Alarmed, Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 20:3 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 20:3

Job 2:8 - Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes. Click to read the verse Job 2:8 Click to read the verse Job 2:8

Isaiah 49:8 - Restoration of Israel This is what the Lord says: “In the time of my favor I will answer you, a... Click to read the verse Isaiah 49:8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 49:8

Daniel 9:3-19 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sac... Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3-19 Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3-19

1 Kings 21:27-29 - When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcl... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:27-29 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:27-29

2 Kings 6:30 - When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his robes. As he went along the wall, the people... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 6:30 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 6:30

Psalms 69:13 - But I pray to you, O Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with... Click to read the verse Psalms 69:13 Click to read the verse Psalms 69:13

Ezra 10:6 - Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliash... Click to read the verse Ezra 10:6 Click to read the verse Ezra 10:6

Esther 4:3 - In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among... Click to read the verse Esther 4:3 Click to read the verse Esther 4:3

Luke 4:19 - to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Click to read the verse Luke 4:19 Click to read the verse Luke 4:19

Ephesians 5:10 - and find out what pleases the Lord. Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:10 Click to read the verse Ephesians 5:10