Thematic Bible: Observed on occasions of
Thematic Bible
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of others
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Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Ordination of ministers
When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Judgments of God
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Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Private afflictions
David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Public calamities
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Fasting » Observed on occasions of » Afflictions of the church
And they said to Him, "The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink." And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? "But the 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, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”