| Ezra 8 23 |
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. |
| Daniel 9 3 |
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: |
| Isaiah 58 3 |
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. |
| 2 Chronicles 20 3 |
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. |
| Ezra 8 31 |
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. |
| Isaiah 58 6 |
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? |
| Jeremiah 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. |
| Isaiah 58 5 |
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? |
| 1 Kings 21 12 |
They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. |
| Isaiah 58 4 |
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. |
| Jeremiah 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. |
| Zechariah 8 19 |
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. |
| 1 Kings 21 9 |
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: |
| Mark 9 29 |
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. |
| Matthew 6 16 |
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. |
| Hebrews 10 22 |
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. |
| Zechariah 7 5 |
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? |
| Psalms 119 107 |
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
| Psalms 69 10 |
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. |
| Joel 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: |
| Ecclesiastes 1 13 |
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. |
| Psalms 109 24 |
My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. |
| Matthew 6 18 |
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. |
| Judges 20 26 |
Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. |
| Luke 5 33 |
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? |
| Matthew 9 14 |
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? |
| Exodus 23 25 |
And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. |
| James 1 21 |
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. |
| Matthew 15 32 |
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. |
| Ecclesiastes 2 3 |
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. |
| 2 Corinthians 6 4 |
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, |
| Nehemiah 9 9 |
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; |
| Psalms 70 1 |
MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. |
| Mark 2 18 |
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? |
| Matthew 8 17 |
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. |
| Matthew 6 17 |
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; |
| Psalms 67 2 |
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. |
| Psalms 46 4 |
There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. |
| 2 Corinthians 7 1 |
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. |
| Daniel 1 12 |
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. |
| Jonah 3 5 |
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. |
| Nehemiah 8 10 |
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. |
| Haggai 1 3 |
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| Genesis 24 42 |
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: |
| Ecclesiastes 2 24 |
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. |
| Jeremiah 44 17 |
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. |
| 1 Kings 21 27 |
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. |
| Haggai 1 11 |
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. |
| 1 Kings 13 9 |
For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. |
| Jeremiah 2 18 |
And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? |