Ezra 8:23

Ezra Proclaims A Fast

²² For I was ashamed to ask of the king, a band of soldiers and horsemen, to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God, is upon all who seek him, for good, But, his power and his anger, are against all who forsake him. ²³ So we fasted and sought of our God, concerning this, - and he suffered himself to be entreated by us. ²⁴ Then I separated, from among the rulers of the priests, twelve, - even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and, with them, from among their brethren, ten;

Fasted and Prayed

For Us

Ezra

Jeremiah 29:12-13

So shall ye call upon me, - And go and pray unto me, - And I will hearken unto you;

1 Chronicles 5:20

and were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all that were with them were delivered into their hand, - for, unto God, made they outcry, in the war, and he suffered himself to be entreated by them, because they put their trust in him;

Deuteronomy 4:29

If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him, - when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God, - and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;

Ezra 8:31

Then brake we up from the river of Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to journey unto Jerusalem, - and, the hand of our God, was upon us, and he delivered us from the grasp of the enemy and of the lier in wait, by the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now, on the twenty-fourth day of this month, were the sons of Israel gathered together, with fasting and with sackcloth, having earth upon them.

Esther 4:16

Go! gather ye together all the Jews who are to be found in Shusan, and fast ye for me - and neither eat nor drink - three days, night nor day, and, I and my maidens, will fast so, - and, in this manner, will I go in unto the king, though it is not according to the law, and, when I have perished, I have perished!

Psalm 66:18-20

If, iniquity, I had cared for in my heart, My Lord, had not heard me!

Isaiah 19:22

And Yahweh, will plague Egypt, plague and heal, - And they will turn unto Yahweh And he will be entreated of them and will heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me that I may answer thee, - and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

In those days, and at that time, Declareth Yahweh, Shall the sons of Israel come in, They and the sons of Judah together: Weeping as they travel, so shall they journey on, And Yahweh their God, shall they seek;

Daniel 9:3

So I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek him by prayer, and supplication, - with fasting, and sackcloth and ashes;

Matthew 7:7-8

Be asking, and it shall be given you, Be seeking, and ye shall find, - Be knocking, and it shall be opened unto you.

Luke 2:37

and, she, had been a widow for as long as eighty-four years, - who left not the temple, with fastings and supplications, rendering divine service night and day; -

Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said - Four days ago, counting unto this very hour, I was keeping, the ninth hour, as one of prayer, in my house. And lo! a man stood before me, in bright clothing,