I proclaimed
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_7 20:26
The whole Israelite army went to Bethel where they wept and sat before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_9 7:6
When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the LORD's presence. They fasted that day, and there they confessed, "We have sinned against the LORD." And Samuel [began to lead] the Israelites at Mizpah as [their] judge.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_14 20:3
Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he resolved to seek the LORD. So he proclaimed a fast for all Judah,
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_29 1:14
Announce a sacred fast; proclaim an assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land at the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_29 2:12-18
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Even now-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
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Tear your hearts, not just your clothes, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in faithful love, and He relents from sending disaster.
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Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him, [so you can] offer grain and wine to the LORD your God.
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Blow the horn in Zion! Announce a sacred fast; proclaim an assembly.
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Gather the people; sanctify the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his bedroom, and the bride her honeymoon chamber.
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Let the priests, the LORD's ministers, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say: "Have pity on Your people, LORD, and do not make Your inheritance a disgrace, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
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Then the LORD became jealous for His land and spared His people.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_32 3:5
The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth-- from the greatest of them to the least.
afflict ourselves
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_3 16:29
"This is to be a permanent statute for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month you are to practice self-denial and do no work, both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_3 16:31
It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practice self-denial; it is a permanent statute.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_3 23:29
If any person does not practice self-denial on this particular day, he must be cut off from his people.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 58:3
"Why have we fasted, but You have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but You haven't noticed!" "Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 58:5
Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 31:8
Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land. I will gather them from remote regions of the earth-- the blind and the lame will be with them, along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth. They will return here as a great assembly!
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 31:9
They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. I will lead them to wadis [filled] with water by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel's Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 50:4
In those days and at that time-- [this is] the LORD's declaration-- the Israelites and Judeans will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 50:5
They will ask about Zion, [turning] their faces to this road. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
to seek
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 5:8
LORD, lead me in Your righteousness, because of my adversaries; make Your way straight before me.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 107:2-8
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Let the redeemed of the LORD proclaim that He has redeemed them from the hand of the foe
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and has gathered them from the lands-- from the east and the west, from the north and the south.
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Some wandered in the desolate wilderness, finding no way to a city where they could live.
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They were hungry and thirsty; their spirits failed within them.
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Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He rescued them from their distress.
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He led them by the right path to go to a city where they could live.
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Let them give thanks to the LORD for His faithful love and His wonderful works for the human race.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 143:8-10
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Let me experience Your faithful love in the morning, for I trust in You. Reveal to me the way I should go, because I long for You.
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Rescue me from my enemies, LORD; I come to You for protection.
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Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your gracious Spirit lead me on level ground.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_20 3:6
think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 30:21
and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: "This is the way. Walk in it."
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 35:8
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks the path. Even the fool will not go astray.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known. I will turn darkness to light in front of them, and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_23 49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate One will guide them, and lead them to springs of water.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_24 10:23
I know, LORD, that a man's way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps.
for our little ones
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_4 14:3
Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and little children will become plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?"
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_4 14:31
I will bring your children whom you said would become plunder into the land you rejected, and they will enjoy it.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_19 8:2
Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_41 10:13-16
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Some people were bringing little children to Him so He might touch them, but His disciples rebuked them.
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When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to Me. Don't stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."
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After taking them in His arms, He laid His hands on them and blessed them.
ZEFANIABIBLE_BIBLE_BOOK_NAME_44 2:39
For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call."
