1Ki 21:9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth
on high among the people.
Ne 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children
of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and
earth upon them.
Es 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment
and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and
fasting,
and weeping,
and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes..
Es 9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according
as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as
they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters
of the fastings
and
their cry.
Ps 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:
I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine
own bosom.
Ps 109:24 My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.
Jer 36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast
written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the
people in the
LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them
in the ears of
all Judah that come out of their cities.
Jer 36:9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they
proclaimed a fast
before the
LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people
that came
from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Da 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer
and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:.
Joe 2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even
to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping,
and with
mourning:
Mt 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights,
he was afterward an hungred.
Mt 6:16 "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for
they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth;
they have received their reward in full.
Mt 6:18 so that it will not be obvious to men that
you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is
unseen; and your
Father, who
sees what is
done in
secret, will reward you.
Mr 2:18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were
fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, "How is it that John's disciples and the disciples
of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?"
Mr 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing,
but by prayer and fasting.
Lu 2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.
She never left the temple but worshipped night
and day, fasting
and praying.
Ac 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders
for them in each church and, with prayer
and fasting,
committed
them
to the
Lord, in whom
they had
put their trust.
Matthew 6:17-18 “When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your
face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only
to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in
secret, will reward you,”
Isaiah
58:6-9 “Is not this the kind of
fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains
of injustice and untie the cords of the
yoke, to set the
oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with
the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-- when you see
the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and
blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing
will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the
glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the
Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I,”
Mark 9:28-29, Matthew
17: 21, (KJV, ISV) “His disciples asked him
privately, "Why could we not cast it (the demon) out" And he
said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer
and fasting,”
2 Chronicles 20:6-7,10,12 Faced with great invasion king Jehoshaphat
proclaimed a fast and prayed: “O Lord, God of our fathers, are
you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the
nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.
O our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before
your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham
your friend?.... But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir….O
our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast
army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are
upon you,”
Joel 2:12-13 “Even now,” declares the Lord, “return
to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend
your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is
gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he
relents from sending calamity,”
Acts 13:2 “While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the
Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work
to which I have called them,’”
2 Chronicles 7:13-15. “When
I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to
devour the land or send a plague among
my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will 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. Now
my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this
place.,”
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