Bible Cross References
I proclaimed
Judges 20:26
And the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Bethel. And they wept, and sat there before the Lord; and they fasted on that day until evening, and offered whole burnt offerings and perfect sacrifices before the Lord,
1 Samuel 7:6
And they were gathered together to Mizpah, and they drew water, and poured it out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set his face to seek the Lord earnestly, and he proclaimed a fast in all Judah.
Joel 1:14
Sanctify a fast, proclaim a solemn service, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord,
Joel 2:12-18
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Now therefore, says the Lord your God, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:
13
and tear your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for He is merciful and compassionate, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and relenting of evil.
14
Who knows if He will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind Him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the Lord your God?
15
Sound the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn] service:
16
gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17
Between the porch and the altar let the priests that minister to the Lord weep, and say, Spare Your people, O Lord, and give not Your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among the heathen, Where is their God?
18
But the Lord was jealous of His land, and spared His people.
Jonah 3:5
And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
afflict ourselves
Leviticus 16:29
And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you.
Leviticus 16:31
This shall be to you a most holy Sabbath, a rest, and you shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance.
Leviticus 23:29
Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.
Isaiah 58:3
saying, Why have we fasted, and You did not see? [Why] have we afflicted our souls, and You did not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts you find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power you wound.
Isaiah 58:5
I have not chosen this fast, nor [such] a day for a man to afflict his soul; although you should bend down your neck as a ring, and spread under you sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall you call a fast acceptable.
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I bring them from the north, and I will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the Passover: and [the people] shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return there.
Jeremiah 31:9
They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God.
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall ask the way till [they come to] Zion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.
to seek
Psalm 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make my way plain before Your face.
Psalm 107:2-8
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Let the redeemed of the Lord say [so], whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
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and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, west, north, and south.
4
They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation.
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Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
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Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and He delivered them out of their distresses.
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And He guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation.
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Let them acknowledge to the Lord His mercies, and His wonderful works to the children of men.
Psalm 143:8-10
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Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in You; make known to me, O Lord, the way in which I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to You.
9
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord; for I have fled to You for refuge.
10
Teach me to do Your will; for You are my God; Your good Spirit shall guide me in the straight [way].
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.
Isaiah 30:21
and your ears shall hear the words of them that went after you to lead you astray, who say, This [is] the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.
Isaiah 35:8
There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.
Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known; I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them.
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but He that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall He lead them.
Jeremiah 10:23
I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.
for our little ones
Numbers 14:3
If only we would have died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we would have died in this wilderness! And why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? Our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.
Numbers 14:31
And your little ones, who you said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which you rejected.
Psalm 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and infants You have perfected praise, because of Your enemies; that You might put down the enemy and avenger.
Mark 10:13-16
13
And they were bringing to Him little children, that He might touch them; but the disciples were rebuking those who brought them.
14
But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Allow the little children come to Me, do not hinder them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
15
Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it."
16
And taking them in His arms, laying His hands on them, [He] blessed them.
Acts 2:39
"For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."