Bible Verses about Fasting

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• So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our pleading.
  Ezra 8:23prayer
• Is this not the fast that I choose:
  To release the bonds of wickedness,
  To undo the ropes of the yoke,
  And to let the oppressed go free,
  And break every yoke?
  Isaiah 58:6neighborslavery
• But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that your fasting will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
  Matthew 6:17-18Fatherreward
• “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
  “Return to Me with all your heart,
  And with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
  Joel 2:12conversionsadnessheart
• Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
  Matthew 6:16humilityreward
• I did not eat any tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed.
  Daniel 10:3foodwine
• Then, when they had fasted, prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
  Acts 13:3blessingprayer
• Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
  Luke 4:1-2temptationJesusdevil
• While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
  Acts 13:2worshipSpiritprayer
• So he was there with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
  Exodus 34:28nearnesslawWord of God
• Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, which is not in accordance with the law; and if I perish, I perish.
  Esther 4:16