And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they came and said unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not?

Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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

And Jesus said unto them, Can the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take food, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

I know your works and where you dwell, even where Satan's throne is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

That you appear not unto men to fast, but unto your Father who is in secret: and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you openly.

Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but you eat and drink?

And he said unto them, Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you will not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown.

But that which you have already hold fast till I come.

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the bow stuck fast, and remained unmovable, but the stern was broken with the violence of the waves.

Watch, stand fast in the faith, be men, be strong.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

Test all things; hold fast that which is good.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Only let your manner of life be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

Therefore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to refute the opposition.

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)