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 ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.
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Then the king went to his great house, and took no food that night, and no ... were placed before him, and his sleep went from him.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
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Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:
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Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the people of the land, come together to the house of the Lord your God, crying out to the Lord.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of the church
And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink. And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
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