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Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
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Leviticus 16:31
It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.
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Psalms 35:13
When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food.( If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)
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Leviticus 23:27
“ The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves and present a gift to the LORD.
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Isaiah 61:3
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.
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Psalms 69:10-11
I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.
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Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit– O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.
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1 Corinthians 11 31
But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.
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Isaiah 58:3-7
They lament,‘ Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!
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Hebrews 4:11
Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
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Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“ As I swore in my anger,‘ They will never enter my rest!’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world.
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Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“ I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
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Isaiah 57:18-19
I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn.I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby,” says the LORD,“ and I will heal them.
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Matthew 5:4
“ Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.