Fasting Observed on occasions of:
- Public calamities
2 Samuel 1:12
- Afflictions and Adversities
Psalms 35:13; Daniel 6:18
- Private afflictions
2 Samuel 12:16
- Approaching danger
Esther 4:16
- Ordination of ministers
Acts 13:3; Acts 14:23
Accompanied by:
- Prayer
Daniel 9:3
- Confession of sin
1 Samuel 7:6; Nehemiah 9:2
- Humiliation
Deuteronomy 9:18; Nehemiah 9:1
During forty days:
- Moses
Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 9:18
- Jesus
Matthew 4:2; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2
Habitual:
- By John's disciples
Matthew 9:14
- By Anna
Luke 2:37
- By Pharisees
Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18; Luke 18:12
- By Cornelius
Acts 10:30
- By Paul
2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:27
In times of bereavement:
- Of the people of Jabesh-Gilead, for Saul and his sons
1 Samuel 31:13; 1 Chronicles 10:12
- Of David, at the time of Saul's death
2 Samuel 1:12
- Of Abner's death
2 Samuel 3:35
Prolonged:
- For three weeks, by Daniel
Daniel 10:3
- Forty days by Moses
Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9; Deuteronomy 9:18
- Forty days by Elijah
1 Kings 19:8
- Forty days by Jesus
Matthew 4:2
Humiliation; Humility
Unclassified scriptures relating to
Ezra 8:23; Psalms 35:13; Psalms 69:10; Isaiah 58:7; Jeremiah 14:12; Daniel 10:3; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:13; Zechariah 7:5; Zechariah 8:19; Matthew 6:18; Matthew 9:15; Matthew 17:21; Acts 27:9; Acts 27:34; 1 Corinthians 7:5
Instances of:
- Of the Israelites:
b in the conflict between the other tribes with the tribe of Benjamin, on account of the wrong suffered by a Levite's concubine
Judges 20:26
b When they went to Mizpeh for the ark
1 Samuel 7:6
- Of David:
b at the death of Saul
2 Samuel 1:12
b During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-Sheba
2 Samuel 12:22
b While interceding in prayer for his friends
Psalms 35:13
b in his zeal for Zion
Psalms 69:10
b in prayer for himself and his adversaries
Psalms 109:4; Psalms 109:24
- Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house
1 Kings 21:29
- Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians
2 Chronicles 20:3
- Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews
Ezra 10:6
- Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple
Nehemiah 1:4
- Of the Jews:
b When Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem
Jeremiah 36:9
b in Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:23
- Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lion's den
Daniel 6:18
- Of Daniel:
b on account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance
Daniel 9:3
b at the time of his vision
Daniel 10:3
- Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them
Jonah 3:10
- By Paul, at the time of his conversion
Acts 9:9
- Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul
Acts 13:3
- Of the consecration of the elders
Acts 14:23