Bible Cross References
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Job 21:14
The wicked tell God to leave them alone; they don't want to know his will for their lives.
Job 21:15
They think there is no need to serve God nor any advantage in praying to him.
Job 22:17
These are the ones who rejected God and believed that he could do nothing to them.
Job 34:9
He says that it never does any good to try to follow God's will.
Job 35:3
or to ask God, "How does my sin affect you? What have I gained by not sinning?"
Psalm 73:8-13
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They laugh at other people and speak of evil things; they are proud and make plans to oppress others.
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They speak evil of God in heaven and give arrogant orders to everyone on earth,
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so that even God's people turn to them and eagerly believe whatever they say.
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They say, "God will not know; the Most High will not find out."
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That is what the wicked are like. They have plenty and are always getting more.
13
Is it for nothing, then, that I have kept myself pure and have not committed sin?
Isaiah 58:3
The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
Zephaniah 1:12
"At that time I will take a lamp and search Jerusalem. I will punish the people who are self-satisfied and confident, who say to themselves, 'The LORD never does anything, one way or the other.'
and that
Isaiah 58:3
The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
Joel 2:12
"But even now," says the LORD, "repent sincerely and return to me with fasting and weeping and mourning.
Zechariah 7:3-6
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and to ask the priests and the prophets this question: "Should we continue to mourn because of the destruction of the Temple, by fasting in the fifth month as we have done for so many years now?"
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This is the message of the LORD that came to me.
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He said, "Tell the people of the land and the priests that when they fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during these seventy years, it was not in honor of me.
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And when they ate and drank, it was for their own satisfaction."
James 4:9
Be sorrowful, cry, and weep; change your laughter into crying, your joy into gloom!