"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning." Cross References Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines." Esther 4:16 "Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!" Isaiah 58:4 You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. Jeremiah 4:1 "If you will return, O Israel, return to Me," declares the LORD. "If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver, Jeremiah 4:2 and if you can swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory." Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?' Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God. Malachi 1:9 "But ask now for God's favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?" asks the LORD of Hosts. Treasury of Scripture Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: turn. Deuteronomy 4:29,30 1 Samuel 7:3 1 Kings 8:47-49 with fasting. Judges 20:26 1 Samuel 7:6 2 Chronicles 20:3,4 |