Thematic Bible: Observed on occasions of


Thematic Bible



But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night in fasting, and no food was brought in before him and his sleep fled from him. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfInsomnia, Causes OfLonelinessMonotonyRest, PhysicalSleeplessnessWakefulnessFastingRelationship Troubles




Solemnize a fast! Call an assembly! Gather [the] elders, all [of] the inhabitants of the land [in] the house of Yahweh your God, and cry out to Yahweh. Verse ConceptsAssembling IsraelExamples of LeadershipFastingFasting And Prayerelders

David pleaded [with] God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground. Verse ConceptsGesturesParents Prayer For Their ChildrenFasting, Examples OfLove, And The WorldSonsParents Duty To ChildrenParental LoveAll Night PrayersFastingFasting And Prayer

Then they mourned and wept and fasted over Saul and Jonathan his son until the evening, [as well] as over the people of Yahweh and over the house of Israel because they had fallen by the sword. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others

And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and make prayers--likewise also the [disciples] of the Pharisees--but yours are eating and drinking!" So he said to them, "You are not able to make the {bridegroom's attendants} fast as long as the bridegroom is with them, [are you]? But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days."

"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