Bible Verses about Fasting

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• So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.
  Ezra 8:23prayer
• Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
  To loose the bonds of wickedness,
  To undo the heavy burdens,
  To let the oppressed go free,
  And that you break every yoke?
  Isaiah 58:6neighborslavery
• But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
  Matthew 6:17-18Fatherreward
• “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
  “Turn to Me with all your heart,
  With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
  Joel 2:12conversionsadnessheart
• Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
  Matthew 6:16humilityreward
• I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
  Daniel 10:3foodwine
• Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
  Acts 13:3blessingprayer
• Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.
  Luke 4:1-2temptationJesusdevil
• As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
  Acts 13:2worshipSpiritprayer
• So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank 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 present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!
  Esther 4:16