12 Bible Verses about Fasting, Examples Of
Most Relevant Verses
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, day or night. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.
Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me
As they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work I have called them to.”
by beatings, by imprisonments,
by riots, by labors,
by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,
Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and loss.
labor and hardship,
many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,
often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.
