a sabbath

Leviticus 16:31
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute.

Matthew 11:28-30
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. . . .

Hebrews 4:3, 11
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: "So I swore on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'" And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. . . .

afflict

Leviticus 23:27
"The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and humble your souls and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Psalm 25:13
His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 69:10, 11
I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. . . .

Psalm 126:5, 6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. . . .

Isaiah 57:15, 18, 19
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble of spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. . . .

Isaiah 58:3-7
"Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?" "Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. . . .

Isaiah 61:3
to provide for those who grieve in Zion--to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise in place of a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

1 Corinthians 11:31
Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

celebrate your sabbath [heb] rest