Thematic Bible: Observed on occasions of
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of others
But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
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Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the LORD and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen 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 fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink." And Jesus said to them, "Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days."
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."
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