12 Bible Verses about Fasting, Practice Of

Moreover, when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly do I say to you, They have received their reward. But do thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not to men to be fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will they fast.

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then will they fast in that day.

And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink. But Jesus said to them, Can ye make the companions of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will comeand when the bridegroom is taken from them, then will they fast in those days.

And he said to them, Because of your want of faith. For truly do I say to you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, and it will remove; and nothing will be impossible to you.

And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing, except by prayer.

and she was a widow eightyfour years old, who never left the temple, worshipping with fastings and prayers night and day.

And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

And having appointed for them elders in every church, they prayed with fasting, and commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.

Let the husband render to his wife her due; and so also the wife to her husband. The wife hath not the disposal of her own body, but her husband; and so also the husband hath not the disposal of his own body, but his wife. Defraud not one another, except by agreement for a time, that ye may have a season for prayer; and be together again, that Satan may not tempt you through your incontinence.

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