Fasting: Observed on Occasions Of

Public calamities,

2Sa 1:12;

afflictions,

Psa 35:13; Dan 6:18;

private afflictions,

2Sa 12:16;

approaching danger,

Est 4:16,

ordination of ministers,

Act 13:3; 14:23.

Fasting: Accompanied By

Prayer,

Dan 9:3;

confession of sin,

1Sa 7:6; Neh 9:1, 2;

humiliation,

Deu 9:18; Neh 9:1;

reading of the Scriptures,

Jer 36:6.

Fasting: Habitual

By John's disciples,

Mat 9:14;

by Anna,

Luk 2:37;

by Pharisees,

Mat 9:14; Mar 2:18; Luk 18:12;

by Cornelius,

Act 10:30;

by Paul,

2Cr 6:5; 11:27.

Fasting: In Times of Bereavement

Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons,

1Sa 31:13; 1Ch 10:12;

of David, at the time of Saul's death,

2Sa 1:12;

of his child's sickness,

2Sa 12:16, 21-23;

of Abner's death,

2Sa 3:35.

Fasting: Prolonged

For three weeks, by Daniel,

Dan 10:2, 3;

forty days, by Moses,

Exd 24:18; 34:28; Deu 9:9, 18;

Elijah,

1Ki 19:8;

Jesus,

Mat 4:2; Mrk 1:12, 13; Luk 4:1, 2.

Fasting: References Concerning

See HUMILIATION; HUMILITY.

Fasting: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

Ezr 8:21-23; Psa 35:13; 69:10; Isa 58:3-7; Jer 14:12; Dan 10:3; Joe 1:14; 2:12, 13; Zec 7:5; 8:19; Mat 6:16-18; 9:14, 15; 17:21; Act 27:9, 33, 34; 1Cr 7:5

Fasting: Instances Of

Of the Israelites, in the conflict between the other tribes with the tribe of Benjamin, on account of the wrong suffered by a Levite's concubine,

Jdg 20:26;

when they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant,

1Sa 7:6.

Of David, at the death of Saul,

2Sa 1:12;

during the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba,

2Sa 12:16-22;

while interceding in prayer for his friends,

Psa 35:13;

in his zeal for Zion,

Psa 69:10;

in prayer for himself and his adversaries,

Psa 109:4, 24.

Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house,

1Ki 21:27; with 1Ki 20:29.

Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians,

2Ch 20:3.

Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews,

Ezr 10:6.

Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple,

Neh 1:4.

Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem,

Jer 36:9.

In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance,

Ezr 8:21, 23.

Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions' den,

Dan 6:18.

Of Daniel, on account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance,

Dan 9:3;

at the time of his vision,

Dan 10:1-3.

Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them,

Jon 3:5-10.

By Paul, at the time of his conversion,

Act 9:9.

Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul,

Act 13:2, 3.

Of the consecration of the elders,

Act 14:23.