Zechariah 7:6 continues the critique, contrasting self-centered eating and drinking with the insincere fasting in 7:5.

Zechariah 7:3 is the people's question about fasting; 7:5 is God's reply, forming a direct dialogue on the same topic.

In Zechariah 8:19, the same fasts are promised to become joyful feasts, contrasting the empty fasting criticized in 7:5.

Zechariah 1:12 also mentions the seventy years, linking the fasting period to the time of divine anger over Jerusalem.

Matthew 23:5 denounces religious acts done for public approval, the same heart issue Zechariah diagnoses.

Matthew 6:16 directly addresses fasting hypocrisy, applying Zechariah's principle to the same practice.

Isaiah 58:4 directly condemns selfish, hypocritical fasting, mirroring the same problem addressed in 7:5.

Isaiah 58:5 critiques outward fasting without justice — directly echoing God's rebuke here about fasting for self rather than for God.

Jeremiah 25:11 prophesied the seventy-year exile, which Zechariah 7:5 references as the duration of their fasting.

Jeremiah 41:1-4 describes the assassination of Gedaliah in the seventh month, the very event behind the fast in 7:5.

1 Corinthians 10:31 commands doing all for God's glory, directly addressing the motive Zechariah questions.

Luke 18:12 features a Pharisee boasting about his fasting — a prime example of the self-righteous fasting rebuked here.

Malachi 1:13 condemns bringing flawed offerings with a weary attitude — parallel to the insincere fasting criticized here.

Joel 2:12 calls for fasting with all the heart — the genuine repentance that contrasts with the hollow fasting rebuked here.

In Daniel 9:2, Daniel understands the seventy-year exile from Jeremiah—the very period Zechariah references.

In Jeremiah 29:10, God promises to end the seventy-year exile—the same period Zechariah's fast commemorates.

In Isaiah 58:3, the people fast but with wrong motives—directly echoing Zechariah's question about fasting for self rather than God.

In 2 Kings 25:25, the assassination of Gedaliah in the seventh month explains the origin of the fast Zechariah questions.

In Colossians 3:23, Paul expands the principle of doing all for God—the same heart motive questioned in Zechariah's fasting.

In Hosea 7:14, people wail insincerely for grain and wine, mirroring the self-centered fasting condemned here.

Isaiah 1:11 similarly rejects empty sacrifices, paralleling God's critique of insincere fasting in 7:5.