12 Bible Verses about Fasting, Examples Of

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh lacks fatness.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

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

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.