Humiliation and Self-Affliction

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Bible verses about “Humiliation and Self-Affliction”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Leviticus 16:29And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
• Leviticus 16:30For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.
• Leviticus 16:31It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
• Leviticus 23:26And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
• Leviticus 23:27Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
• Leviticus 23:28And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God.
• Leviticus 23:29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
• Leviticus 23:30And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
• Leviticus 23:31Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
• Leviticus 23:32It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
• Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
• Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
• Ezra 8:23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
• 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.