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 weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.
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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.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And [when they] had appointed elders for them in every church, [after] praying with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
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Then, [after they] had fasted and prayed and placed [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
"And even now," {declares} Yahweh, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, and weeping, and wailing."
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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.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
David pleaded [with] God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
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.
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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 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."
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
"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.
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