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Fasting Scripture - Jeremiah 36:6

Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities....

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Fasting Scripture - Daniel 9:3

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:...

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Fasting Scripture - Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,...

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Fasting Scripture - Acts 14:23

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed....

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Fasting Scripture - Esther 4:3

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes....

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Fasting in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

fast, fast'-ing (tsum; `innah nephesh, "afflict soul or self," i.e. practice self-denial; nesteia, nesteuein): It is necessary to get rid of some modern notions associated with fasting before we can form a correct idea of its origin and significance in the ancient world. For instance, in the case of many ailments the dieting of the patien...

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Fasting Scripture - Psalms 35:13

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom....

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Fasting Scripture - Matthew 15:32

Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way....

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Fasting in Naves Topical Bible

Observed on occasions of public calamities 2Sa 1:12 -Afflictions Ps 35:13; Da 6:18 -Private afflictions 2Sa 12:16 -Approaching danger Es 4:16 -Ordination of ministers Ac 13:3; 14:23 -Accompanied by prayer Da 9:3 -Confession of sin 1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2 -Humiliation De 9:18; Ne 9:1 -During forty days Moses De 9:9,18 Jesus Mt 4:1,2; M...

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Fasts in Smiths Bible Dictionary

1. One fast only was appointed by the Mosaic law, that on the day of atonement. There is no mention of any other periodical fast in the Old Testament except in Zec 7:1-7; 8:19 From these passages it appears that the Jews, during their captivity, observed four annual fasts, --in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. 2. Public fasts were...

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