Thematic Bible: Observed on occasions of
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of others
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I afflicted my soul with fasting; And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
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Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
and they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of the church
And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink. And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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