12 Bible Verses about Fasting, Examples Of

David, therefore, besought God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

My knees are weak through fasting, and my flesh fails for lack of fatness.

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 the heavens

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so I will go in unto the king, even though this is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

And I turned my face unto the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, in fasting and sackcloth, and ashes:

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

and she was a widow eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.

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

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them.

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

Then after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete to have avoided this harm and loss.

in labour and travail, in many watches, in hunger and thirst, in many fasts, in cold and nakedness.