2 Samuel 12:16

³¹Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

²⁷When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his body, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went about despondently.

¹²In that day, the Lord, GOD ^[+] of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

¹⁵Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

⁹He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

¹⁶“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

²²He said, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, ‘Who knows whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

¹⁰When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

⁹Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”

¹²“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, ¹³though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth, ¹⁴yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.