9 Bible Verses about Fasting Regularly

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.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a demon.

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,

And to speak unto the priests who were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these so many years?

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did you at all fast unto me, even to me?

Thus says the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.

Therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.