Fasting

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

'When thou fastest, anoint thine head'; fast in secret, and the Father shall reward openly.

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

'When thou fastest, anoint thine head'; fast in secret, and the Father shall reward openly.

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

'When thou fastest, anoint thine head'; fast in secret, and the Father shall reward openly.

Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights in the wilderness.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights in the wilderness.

Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

The true fast God chooses: to loose bands of wickedness, feed the hungry, and free the oppressed.

Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

The true fast God chooses: to loose bands of wickedness, feed the hungry, and free the oppressed.

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

The true fast God chooses: to loose bands of wickedness, feed the hungry, and free the oppressed.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

The true fast God chooses: to loose bands of wickedness, feed the hungry, and free the oppressed.

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

The true fast God chooses: to loose bands of wickedness, feed the hungry, and free the oppressed.

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

'Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping.'

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

The church at Antioch fasted and prayed before sending out Barnabas and Saul.

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

The church at Antioch fasted and prayed before sending out Barnabas and Saul.

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders with prayer and fasting.

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

Jesus' disciples will fast when the bridegroom is taken away.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Jesus' disciples will fast when the bridegroom is taken away.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Daniel sought the Lord by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Esther calls a three-day fast before approaching the king.

And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Nehemiah mourned, fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

Nineveh proclaimed a fast and repented; God turned from His wrath.

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Nineveh proclaimed a fast and repented; God turned from His wrath.

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

Nineveh proclaimed a fast and repented; God turned from His wrath.

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

Nineveh proclaimed a fast and repented; God turned from His wrath.

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Nineveh proclaimed a fast and repented; God turned from His wrath.

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Nineveh proclaimed a fast and repented; God turned from His wrath.

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

'This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.'