16 Bible Verses about Fasting And Prayer

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And He said unto them, This kind is able to come out by nothing, but by prayer.

And when you may fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad contenance: for they disfigure their faces, in order that they may appear unto the people fasting. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

But thou, fasting, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

Then they having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, sent them away.

Do not defraud one another, unless it may be with consent for a time, that you may give attention to prayer, and again come together, in order that Satan may not tempt you on account of your incontinency.

and she a widow of about fourscore years, who did not depart from the temple, worshiping night and day with fastings and prayers.

And they said to Him, Wherefore do the disciples of John fast, and make supplications; likewise also those of the Pharisees; but thy disciples eat and drink?

And they ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

in order that thou mayest not appear unto the people fasting, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterward hungered.

Then the disciples of John come to Him, saying, Wherefore do we and the Pharisee fast, but thy disciples do not fast?

And Cornelius said, From the fourth day until this hour, indeed the ninth, I was praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in shining apparel,

I fast twice per week; I give tithes of all things so many as I possess.

And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

and we will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.