7 Bible Verses about Fasting, Examples Of

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, but worshipped with fasting and prayer night and day.

Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,

While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

in beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, sleeplessness, hunger,

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.