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 chastened 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 concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with fastings, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
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Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid their hands on them, they let them go.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;
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Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on 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 to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink? And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, 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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