16 Bible Verses about Fasting And Prayer

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

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;

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

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 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.

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.

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.

And when he had tasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

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

And Cornelius said, Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and lo! a man stood before me in bright clothing,

I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I gain.

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

but we will give ourselves closely to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.