Bible verses about "fasting" | MKJV

²³ So we fasted and prayed to our God for good. And He was pleased to hear us.

⁴ And it happened when I heard these words, I sat down and wept. And I mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of Heaven.

¹³ But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke?

⁴ But He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

² forty days, being tempted by the Devil. And in those days He ate nothing. And they being ended, He afterward was hungry.

¹² I fast twice on the Sabbath, I give tithes of all that I possess.

² As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, So, then, separate Barnabas and Saul to Me for the work to which I have called them.

⁵ Do not deprive one another, unless it is with consent for a time, so that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not tempt you for your incontinence.

¹⁰ When I humbled my soul with fasting, it turned to my reproach.

¹⁸ so that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.

³ I ate no food for delight, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, nor did I anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.

²³ And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

¹² Yet even now, says Jehovah, turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

³ They say, Why have we fasted, and You do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and You take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and crush all your laborers. ⁴ Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to strike with the fist of wickedness; you shall not fast as you do today, to make your voice to be heard on high. ⁵ Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast and a day pleasing to Jehovah? ⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed ones go free, and that you break every yoke? ⁷ Is it not to break your bread to the hungry, and that you should bring home the wandering poor? When will you see the naked and cover him; and you will not hide yourself from your own flesh?

¹⁶ And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. ¹⁷ But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸ so that you do not appear to men to fast, but to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.