16 Bible Verses about Fasting And Prayer

But this kind is not to be cast out but by prayer and fasting.

And He said unto them, This kind cannot be cast out, but by prayer and fasting.

And when ye fast, be not, like the hypocrites, of a gloomy countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may be observed by men to fast: I tell you, they have indeed their reward.

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face;

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

Do not withdraw from one another, unless by consent for a season, that ye may attend to fasting and prayer: and come together again, least Satan tempt you through your incontinency.

and had been a widow about eighty four years; who departed not from the temple; serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.

And they said unto Him, Why do the disciples of John frequently fast and pray, and likewise those of the pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

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

that thou mayst not appear unto men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will reward thee openly.

and when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, at last He was very hungry.

Then also come to Him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the pharisees fast much, but thy disciples do not fast?

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting till this hour, and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, when behold a man stood before me in bright raiment,

I fast twice a week, and I give tithes of all that I possess.

And when they had appointed them elders in every church, praying and fasting, they recommended them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.

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