Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Bible References

This

Matthew 12:45
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."
Luke 11:26
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

By prayer

Acts 9:40
But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
2 Corinthians 12:8
Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should depart from me.
Ephesians 6:18
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and petition. And with this in view, keep alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
James 5:15
and the prayer offered in faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Fasting

Acts 14:23
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
2 Corinthians 6:5
in beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness, hunger,
2 Corinthians 11:27
I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.