Thematic Bible: Observed on occasions of
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of others
But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.
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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. And diversions were not brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.
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Then having fasted and prayed and laid hands on them, they let them go.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
Yet even now, says Jehovah, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.
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Set apart a fast; call a solemn gathering; gather the elders and all the people of the land into the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to the Lord,
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for his son Jonathan, and for the people of Jehovah, 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, Why do John's disciples fast often and make prayers, and also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink? But He said to them, Can you make the sons of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast in those days.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, night or day. My maidservants and I will also fast in the same way. And so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law. And if I perish, I perish.
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