Bible verses about Fasting
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)
- Spirit of, explained
Isaiah 58:6,7- Not to be made a subject of display
Matthew 6:16-18- Should be to God
Zechariah 7:5; Matthew 6:18- For the chastening of the soul
Psalms 69:10- For the humbling of the soul
Psalms 35:13- OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF
- Public calamities
II Samuel 1:12
- Afflictions of the Church
Luke 5:33-35
- Afflictions of others
Psalms 35:13; Daniel 6:18
- Private afflictions
II Samuel 12:16
- Approaching danger
Esther 4:16- ACCOMPANIED BY
- Prayer
Ezra 8:23; Daniel 9:3
- Confession of sin
I Samuel 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1,2
- Humiliation
Deuteronomy 9:18; Nehemiah 9:1- Promises connected with
Isaiah 58:8-12; Matthew 6:18- OF HYPOCRITES
- Described
Isaiah 58:4,5
- Ostentatious
Matthew 6:16
- Boasted of, before God
Luke 18:12
- Rejected
Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 14:12- Extraordinary Exemplified
- Our Lord
Matthew 4:2
- Elijah
I Kings 19:8- National Exemplified
- Israel
Judges 20:26; Ezra 8:21; Esther 4:3,16; Jeremiah 36:9
- Men of Jabesh-gilead
I Samuel 31:13
- Ninevites
Jonah 3:5-8- Of Saints Exemplified
- David
II Samuel 12:16; Psalms 109:24
- Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:4
- Esther
Esther 4:16
- Daniel
Daniel 9:3
- Disciples of John
Matthew 9:14
- Anna
Luke 2:37
- Cornelius
Acts 10:30
- Christians
Acts 13:2
- Apostles
II Corinthians 6:5
- Paul
II Corinthians 11:27- Of the wicked-Exemplified
- Elders of Jezreel
I Kings 21:12
- Ahab
I Kings 21:27
- Pharisees
Mark 2:18; Luke 18:12
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Fasting {Nave's}
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