Thematic Bible: Fasts proclaimed in connection with


Thematic Bible



I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava to humble ourselves before our God in order to seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and our possessions. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Practice OfAttitudes Of HumilityJourneyRepentance, Examples OfRivers And StreamsTeachablenessCanalsHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

"Go, gather all the Jews that are found in Susa and fast for me; do not eat or drink [for] three days, both night and day. I and my young girls will fast likewise, and then I will go to the king, which [is] not according to the law; if I perish, I perish. Verse ConceptsFasting, Examples OfPray For UsFastingFasting And Prayer

And the people of Nineveh believed in God, and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth--from the greatest of them {to the least important}. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineReligionRepentance, Examples OfGreat And SmallBelieving In GodOthers Believing In GodFastingFasting And Prayerjonah

Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek Yahweh. And he called for a fast through all Judah. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfAskingFastingDirectionFasting And Prayer

{And then} in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast {before} Yahweh. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfRepentance, Examples OfMonth 9Fasting

She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfFastingFasting And Prayerjezebel