Bible Cross References
I proclaimed
Judges 20:26
And all the children of Israel, all the people, went up and came to the house of God and wept. They sat there before Jehovah and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.
1 Samuel 7:6
And they gathered together at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah. And they fasted that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel at Mizpah.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set his face to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly; gather the elders, all the inhabitants of the land, into the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
Joel 2:12-18
12
Yet even now turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning, declares Jehovah.
13
So, tear your heart, and not your garments; and return to Jehovah your God. For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He has compassion concerning the evil.
14
Who knows if He will turn and have pity and leave a blessing behind Him, a food offering and a drink offering for Jehovah your God?
15
Blow the shofar in Zion, consecrate a fast, call a solemn assembly.
16
Gather the people, consecrate the assembly, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his chamber, and the bride out of her room.
17
Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar; and let them say, Have compassion on Your people, O Jehovah, and do not give Your possession to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
18
Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and have pity on His people.
Jonah 3:5
And the men of Nineveh believed in God, and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
afflict ourselves
Leviticus 16:29
This shall be a perpetual statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work, whether a native or a stranger who sojourns among you.
Leviticus 16:31
It is a sabbath observance of rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a perpetual statute.
Leviticus 23:29
For any soul that is not afflicted on that same day shall be cut off from his people.
Isaiah 58:3
They say, Why have we fasted, and You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, and You take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you devise pleasures, and oppress all your laborers.
Isaiah 58:5
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast and a day pleasing to Jehovah?
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the recesses of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; a great company shall return there.
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and at that time, says Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping. They shall go and seek Jehovah their God.
Jeremiah 50:5
They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces headed there, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to Jehovah in an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten.
to seek
Psalm 5:8
Lead me, O Jehovah, in Your righteousness, because of my enemies; make Your way straight before my face.
Psalm 107:2-8
2
Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3
and gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
4
They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way; they found no city to dwell in.
5
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
6
Then they cried out unto Jehovah in their adversity, and He rescued them out of their distresses.
7
And He led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8
Oh, that men would give thanks unto Jehovah for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the sons of men!
Psalm 143:8-10
8
Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul unto You.
9
Rescue me, O Jehovah, from my enemies; in You I have taken cover.
10
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me into the land of uprightness.
Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Isaiah 30:21
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, even a road; and it shall be called, The Way of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it. Whoever travels on it, though a fool, shall not go astray.
Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths they have not known; I will make darkness into light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things for them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; nor shall the heat nor sun strike them; for He who has mercy on them will lead them; even by the springs of water He will guide them.
Jeremiah 10:23
O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.
for our little ones
Numbers 14:3
Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?
Numbers 14:31
But your little ones, whom you said would be prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
Psalm 8:2
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You might remove the enemy and the avenger.
Mark 10:13-16
13
And they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
14
But when Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
15
Truly, I say to you, Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.
16
And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.
Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.