Thematic Bible: Observed on occasions of
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of others
Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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So the king went in to his palace, and kept him sober all night, so that there was no table spread before him, neither could he take any sleep.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
And when they had ordained them elders by election in every congregation, after they had prayed and fasted, they commended them to God on whom they believed.
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Then fasted they and prayed, and put their hands on them, and let them go.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
And now therefore saith the LORD: Turn to me with all your hearts, in fasting and lamentation.
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Proclaim a fasting, call the congregation, gather the elders and all the inhabiters of the land together in to the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
And David besought God for the boy and fasted and went and lay all night upon the earth.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
And they mourned, wept and fasted until evening - for Saul, and Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they were overthrown with the sword.
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of the church
Then they said unto him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and pray: and the disciples of the Pharisees also: and thine eat and drink?" And he said unto them, "Can ye make the Children of the wedding fast, as long as the bridegroom is present with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: then shall they fast in those days."
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Approaching danger
'Go thou thy way then, and gather together all the Jews that are found at Susa, and fast ye for me, that ye eat not and drink not in three days, neither day nor night. I and my damsels will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the king contrary to the commandment: if I perish, I perish.'"
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