Bible Verses about Fasting

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• So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.
  Ezra 8:23 prayer
• No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
  Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
  lighten the burden of those who work for you.
  Let the oppressed go free,
  and remove the chains that bind people.
  Isaiah 58:6 neighbor slavery
• But when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face. Then no one will notice that you are fasting, except your Father, who knows what you do in private. And your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.
  Matthew 6:17-18 Father reward
• That is why the Lord says,
  “Turn to me now, while there is time.
  Give me your hearts.
  Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
  Joel 2:12 conversion sadness heart
• And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.
  Matthew 6:16 humility reward
• All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.
  Daniel 10:3 food wine
• So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.
  Acts 13:3 blessing prayer
• Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.
  Luke 4:1-2 temptation Jesus devil
• One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.”
  Acts 13:2 worship Spirit prayer
• Moses remained there on the mountain with the Lord forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the Lord wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets.
  Exodus 34:28 nearness law Word of God
• Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.
  Esther 4:16