16 Bible Verses about Fasting And Prayer

Howbeit this kind goeth not out, but by prayer and fasting.

And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting.

Moreover, when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast: verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

But thou when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face.

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

Withdraw not from each other, unless it be by consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to prayer, and may come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

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 they said to him, Why do the disciples of John, and likewise of the Pharisees, fast often and make prayers; but thine eat and drink?

And as they were ministring to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry.

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

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting till this hour, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house,

I fast twice in the week: I give tythes of all that I possess.

And when they had ordained them presbyters in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

But we will constantly attend to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.