Thursday, February 19, 2009

Fasting references in the Bible

These are biblical references from Biblegateway.com to the word fasting.

1 Kings 21:9In those letters she wrote: "Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.1 Kings 21:8-10 (in Context) 1 Kings 21 (Whole Chapter)
Nehemiah 9:1[ The Israelites Confess Their Sins ] On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and having dust on their heads.Nehemiah 9:1-3 (in Context) Nehemiah 9 (Whole Chapter)
Esther 4:3In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.Esther 4:2-4 (in Context) Esther 4 (Whole Chapter)
Esther 9:31to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting and lamentation.Esther 9:30-32 (in Context) Esther 9 (Whole Chapter)
Psalm 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,Psalm 35:12-14 (in Context) Psalm 35 (Whole Chapter)
Psalm 109:24My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.Psalm 109:23-25 (in Context) Psalm 109 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 58:1[ True Fasting ] "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Jacob their sins.Isaiah 58:1-3 (in Context) Isaiah 58 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 58:3'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?' "Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.Isaiah 58:2-4 (in Context) Isaiah 58 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 58:4Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high.Isaiah 58:3-5 (in Context) Isaiah 58 (Whole Chapter)
Isaiah 58:6"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?Isaiah 58:5-7 (in Context) Isaiah 58 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 36:6So you go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the LORD that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns.Jeremiah 36:5-7 (in Context) Jeremiah 36 (Whole Chapter)
Jeremiah 36:9In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the LORD was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah.Jeremiah 36:8-10 (in Context) Jeremiah 36 (Whole Chapter)
Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.Daniel 9:2-4 (in Context) Daniel 9 (Whole Chapter)
Joel 2:12[ Rend Your Heart ] "Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning."Joel 2:11-13 (in Context) Joel 2 (Whole Chapter)
Zechariah 7:1[ Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting ] In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev.Zechariah 7:1-3 (in Context) Zechariah 7 (Whole Chapter)
Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.Matthew 4:1-3 (in Context) Matthew 4 (Whole Chapter)
Matthew 6:16[ Fasting ] "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.Matthew 6:15-17 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
Matthew 6:18so 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.Matthew 6:17-19 (in Context) Matthew 6 (Whole Chapter)
Matthew 9:14[ Jesus Questioned About Fasting ] Then John's disciples came and asked him, "How is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"Matthew 9:13-15 (in Context) Matthew 9 (Whole Chapter)
Mark 2:18[ Jesus Questioned About Fasting ] 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?"Mark 2:17-19 (in Context) Mark 2 (Whole Chapter)
Luke 2:37and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.Luke 2:36-38 (in Context) Luke 2 (Whole Chapter)
Luke 5:33[ Jesus Questioned About Fasting ] They said to him, "John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking."Luke 5:32-34 (in Context) Luke 5 (Whole Chapter)
Acts 13:2While 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."Acts 13:1-3 (in Context) Acts 13 (Whole Chapter)
Acts 14:23Paul 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.Acts 14:22-24 (in Context) Acts 14 (Whole Chapter)

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