30 verses contain “Fasting” (in the KJV: 24, in the BSB: 16) — showing 1–30
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And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and
wept, and
mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
When I heard these words, I sat down and
wept. I
mourned for days,
fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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.
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together,
fasting and wearing
sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great
mourning among the Jews. They fasted,
wept, and
lamented, and many lay in
sackcloth and ashes.
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.
in order to
confirm these days of
Purim at their appointed time, just as
Mordecai the
Jew and Queen
Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of
fasting and
lamentation.
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.
Yet when they were ill, I put on
sackcloth; I humbled myself with
fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
When I
wept, and
chastened my soul with
fasting, that was to my reproach.
I
wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
My knees are weak from
fasting, and my body grows
lean and
gaunt.
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.
so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of
fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the
scroll you have written at my
dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night
fasting. No
entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with
fasting, and
sackcloth, and ashes:
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with
fasting,
sackcloth, and ashes.
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with
fasting, and with
weeping, and with
mourning:
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with
fasting,
weeping, and
mourning.”
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an
hungred.
After
fasting forty days and forty nights, He was
hungry.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a
sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
When you fast, do not be
somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are
fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have
compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away
fasting, lest they
faint in the way.
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have
compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away
hungry, or they may
faint along the way.”
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and
fasting.
And the disciples of John and of the
Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the
Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Now John’s disciples and the
Pharisees were often
fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the
Pharisees?”
And if I send them away
fasting to their own houses, they will
faint by the way: for
divers of them came from far.
If I send them home
hungry, they will
faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
And she was a widow of about
fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with
fastings and prayers night and day.
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
And
Cornelius said, Four days ago I was
fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in
radiant clothing stood before me
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me
Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them.
While they were worshiping the Lord and
fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with
fasting, they
commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Paul and
Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and
fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
And while the day was coming on, Paul
besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the
fourteenth day that ye have
tarried and continued
fasting, having taken nothing.
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may
devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that
Satan will not
tempt you through your lack of self-control.
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
In
weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and
thirst, in
fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
in labor and
toil and often without sleep, in hunger and
thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
Prayer is good with
fasting and
alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give
alms than to lay up gold:
Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto
Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to
faint with
fasting all this day?
