Bible verses on fasting and prayer. 2nd samuel chapter 1 verse 12 they mourned and wept
and fasted till evening for saul and his son jonathan and for the army of the
lord and for the nation of israel because they had fallen by the sword
Acts chapter 13 verse 2 while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting the Holy
Spirit said set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have
called them Acts chapter 14 verse 23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for
them in each church and with prayer and fasting committed them to the Lord in
whom they had put their trust Daniel chapter 10 verse 3 I ate no choice food
no metre wine touched my lips and I use no lotions at all until the three weeks
were over Esther chapter 4 verse 16 go gathered together all the Jews who are
in Susa and fast for me do not eat or drink for three days night or day I and
my attendants will fast as you do when this is done I will go to the king even
though it is against the law and if I perish I perish Exodus chapter 34 verse
28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days
and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water and he wrote on the
tablets the words of the Covenant the Ten Commandments Joel chapter 2 verse 12
even now declares the Lord return to me with all your heart with fasting and
weeping and mourning Luke chapter 2 verse 37 and then was a widow until she
was eighty-four she never left the temple but worshiped night and day
fasting and praying Luke chapter 18 verse 12 I fast twice a week and give a
tenth of all I get Nehemiah chapter one verse 4 when I heard these things I sat
down and wept for some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of
heaven Psalm 69 verse 10 when I weep and fast I must endure scorn
Psalm 30:5 verses 13 to 14 yet when they were ill I put on sackcloth and humbled
myself with fasting when my prayers returned to me unanswered I went about
mourning as though for my friend or brother I bowed my head in grief as
though weeping for my mother Joel chapter 2 verses 12 to 13 even now it
declares the Lord return to me with all your hearts with fasting and weeping and
mourning rend your heart and not your garments return to the Lord your God for
he is gracious and compassionate slow to anger and abounding in love and he
relents from sending calamity Acts chapter 13 verses three to four so after
they had fasted and prayed they placed their hands on them and sent them off
the two of them sent on their way by the Holy Spirit went down to Seleucia and
sailed from there to Cyprus Daniel chapter 9 verses 3 to 5 so I turned to
the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition in fasting and in
sackcloth and ashes I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed Lord the Great and
awesome God who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep
his Commandments we have sinned and done wrong
we have been wicked and have rebelled we have turned away from your commands and
laws 2nd Samuel chapter 12 verses 15 to 17 after Nathan had gone home the Lord
struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David and he became ill David
pleaded with God for the child he fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth
on the ground the elders of his household stood beside him to get him up
from the ground but he refused and he would not eat any food with them first
Kings chapter 21 verses 25 to 27 there was never any one like Ahab who sold
himself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord
urged on by Jezebel his wife he behaved in the vilest manner by going after
idols like the amorite the Lord drove out before Israel when Ahab heard these
things he tore his clothes put on sackcloth and fasted he
in sackcloth and went around meekly Luke chapter 4 verses 2 to 4 where for 40
days he was tempted by the devil he ate nothing during those days and at the end
of them he was hungry the devil said to him if you are the son
of God tell the stone to become bread jesus answered it is written man shall
not live on bread alone Ezra chapter 8 verses 21 to 23 thereby
they have a canal I proclaimed a fast so that we might humble ourselves before
our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children with all our
possessions I was ashamed to ask the King for soldiers and horsemen to
protect us from enemies on the road because we had told the king the
gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him but is it great anger
is against all who forsake him so we fasted and petitioned our God about this
and he answered our prayer Matthew chapter 6 verses 16 to 18 when you fast
do not look somber as the hypocrites do for they disfigure their faces to show
others they are fasting truly I tell you they have received their reward in full
but when you fast put oil on your head and wash your face so that it will not
be obvious to others that you are fasting but only to your father who is
unseen and your father who sees what is done in secret will reward you
Isaiah chapter 58 verses 3 to 7 why have we fasted they say and you have not seen
it why have we humbled ourselves and you have not noticed yet on the day of your
fasting you do as you please and exploit all your workers your fasting ends in
quarreling and strife and is striking each other with wicked fists you cannot
fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high is this the
kind of fast I have chosen only a day for people to humble themselves it is
only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes is
that what you call a fast a day acceptable to the Lord is not this the
kind of fasting I have chosen to loose the chains of injustice and untie the
cords of the yoke to set the oppressed free and break every yoke is it not to
share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter
when you see the naked to clothe them and not to turn away from your own flesh
and blood Jonah chapter 3 verses 5 to 9 the
Ninevites believed God a fast was proclaimed in all of them from the
greatest of the least put on sackcloth when Jonah's warning reached the king
and Nineveh he rose from his throne took off his royal robes covered himself with
sackcloth and sat down in the dust this is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh
by the decree of the king and his Nobles do not let people or animals herds or
flocks taste anything do not let them eat or drink but let people and animals
be covered with sackcloth let everyone call urgently on God let them give up
their evil ways and their violence who knows God may yet relent and with
compassion turned from his fierce anger so that we will not perish
you. thanks for watching fasting scripture verses.