Bible Verses about 'Fast'

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• 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 4:16fasting
• 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 6:16fastinghumilityreward
• I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown.
  Revelation 3:11second comingrewardpatience
• But test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. Stay away from every kind of evil.
  1 Thessalonians 5:21-22understandingevilprophecy
• 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 6:17-18fastingFatherreward
• Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
  Hebrews 10:23reliabilityhopeacknowledging
• Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
  Romans 12:9loveevilgoodness
• 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 58:6fastingneighborslavery
• Serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.
  Deuteronomy 13:4awelisteningfollowing
• Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong.
  1 Corinthians 16:13faithstrengthcourage
• But he knows where I am going.
  And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
  For I have stayed on God’s paths;
  I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
  Job 23:10-11blamelessrighteousness
• But be very careful to obey all the commands and the instructions that Moses gave to you. Love the Lord your God, walk in all his ways, obey his commands, hold firmly to him, and serve him with all your heart and all your soul.
  Joshua 22:5lawheartsoul
• So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
  Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
• Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life.
  Philippians 2:14-16aholinessWord of Godlife
• Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.
  1 Corinthians 15:1-2faithevangelismsalvation
• As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
  Ephesians 5:31marriagebodysexuality
• Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.
  Ephesians 6:13protectionevildevil
• But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation. ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.
  Mark 10:6-9marriagebodysexuality
• “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’” And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’ Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
  Matthew 19:4-6marriagesexualitycreation
• Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
  “At last!” the man exclaimed.
  “This one is bone from my bone,
  and flesh from my flesh!
  She will be called ‘woman,’
  because she was taken from ‘man.’”
  This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
  Genesis 2:22-24marriagecreationbody