Bible verses about "fasting" | Murdock

² forty days, to be tempted by the Calumniator. And during those days, he ate nothing; and when he had completed them, he was at last hungry.

⁴ But he replied, and said: It is written, that not by bread only, doth man live; but by every word proceeding from the mouth of God.

¹² But I fast twice in a week, and tithe all I possess.

⁵ Therefore, deprive not one another, except when ye both consent, at the time ye devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and return again to the same disposition, that Satan tempt you not because of the concupiscence of your body.

² And while they were fasting and making supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them: Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the work to which I have called them.

¹⁸ that thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee.

²³ And they established for them Elders in each church, while they fasted with them, and prayed, and commended them to our Lord in whom they believed.

¹⁶ And when ye fast, be not sad like the hypocrites. For they distort their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have gotten their reward. ¹⁷ But, when thou fastest, wash thou thy face, and anoint thy head: ¹⁸ that thou mayest not be seen by men as a faster, but by thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret, will recompense thee.