9 Bible Verses about Fasting Regularly

and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,

'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess.

And much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous -- because of the fast also being already past -- Paul was admonishing,

speaking unto the priests who are at the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and unto the prophets, saying, 'Do I weep in the fifth month -- being separated -- as I have done these so many years?'

'Speak unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying:

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.

but thou hast entered -- and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them;