Bible verses about "fasting" | Common

² being tempted for forty days by the devil. In those days he ate nothing, and when they had ended, he was hungry.

⁴ But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

¹² I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.'

⁵ Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

² While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

¹⁸ so that you do not appear to be fasting to men, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

²³ And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.

¹⁶ "And when you fast, do not look gloomy, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ¹⁷ But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸ so that you do not appear to be fasting to men, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.