12 Bible Verses about Fasting, Examples Of
Most Relevant Verses
David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat.
As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Since they had been without food for a long time, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
