Genesis 37:29

37:29 Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes,

Genesis 37:34

37:34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

Genesis 37:2

37:2 This is the account of Jacob.

Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Genesis 1:11

1:11 God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” It was so.

Genesis 1:1

The Creation of the World

1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 21:27

21:27 Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.

Genesis 21:2

21:2 So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

Genesis 5:7

5:7 Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 6:1

God’s Grief over Humankind’s Wickedness

6:1 When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 22:11

22:11 But the Lord’s angel called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered.

Job 1:20

1:20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

Isaiah 58:5

58:5 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?

Matthew 6:16-18

Proper Fasting

6:16 “When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward. 6:17 When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 6:18 so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

Matthew 6:1

Pure-hearted Giving

6:1 “Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Matthew 4:8

4:8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.