'Fast' in the Bible

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.

And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.

And much time having now been spent, and navigation being already dangerous, because the fast also was already past, Paul counselled them,

And falling into a place where two seas met they ran the ship aground, and the prow having stuck itself fast remained unmoved, but the stern was broken by the force of the waves.

by which also ye are saved, (if ye hold fast the word which I announced to you as the glad tidings,) unless indeed ye have believed in vain.

Be vigilant; stand fast in the faith; quit yourselves like men; be strong.

Christ has set us free in freedom; stand fast therefore, and be not held again in a yoke of bondage.

So that, my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, thus stand fast in the Lord, beloved.

and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

but prove all things, hold fast the right;

So then, brethren, stand firm, and hold fast the instructions which ye have been taught, whether by word or by our letter.

but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.

Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession.

Let us hold fast the confession of the hope unwavering, (for he is faithful who has promised;)

For I rejoiced exceedingly when the brethren came and bore testimony to thy holding fast the truth, even as thou walkest in truth.

I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness was, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

but what ye have hold fast till I shall come.

I come quickly: hold fast what thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

And after this I saw four angels standing upon the four corners of the earth, holding fast the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow upon the earth, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree.