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FASTING

• OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF:

  • Public calamities
    2Samuel 1:12

  • Afflictions
    Psalm 35:13; Daniel 6:18

  • Private afflictions
    2Samuel 12:16

  • Approaching danger
    Esther 4:16

  • Ordination of ministers
    Acts 13:3; 14:23

• ACCOMPANIED BY:

  • Prayer
    Daniel 9:3

  • Confession of sin
    1Samuel 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1, 2

  • Humiliation
    Deuteronomy 9:18; Nehemiah 9:1
    
    

• FASTING DURING FORTY DAYS:

  • Moses
    Deuteronomy 9:9, 18

  • Jesus
    Matthew 4:1, 2; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-2
    
    

• 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
    2Corinthians 6:5; 11:27
    
    

• IN TIMES OF BEREVEMENT:

  • Of the people of Jabeshgilead, for Saul and his sons
    1Samuel 31:13; 1Chronicles 10:12

  • Of David, at the time of Saul's death
    2Samuel 1:12

  • Of Abner's death
    2Samuel 3:35
    
    

• PROLONGED:

  • For three weeks, by Daniel
    Daniel 10:2, 3

  • Forty days by Moses
    Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 18

  • Forty days by Elijah
    1Kings 19:8

  • Forty days by Jesus
    Matthew 4:2

  • See HUMILIATION,  HUMILITY
    
    

• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
  Ezra 8:21-23; Psalm 35:13; 69:10; Isaiah 58:3-7; Jeremiah 14:12; Daniel 10:3; Joel 1:14; 2:12, 13; Zechariah 7:5; 8:19; Matthew 6:16-18; 9:14, 15; Acts 27:9, 17:21; 33, 34; 1Corinthians 7:5
  
  

• INSTANCES OF:

  • Of the Israelites:

    • 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

    • When they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant
      1Samuel 7:6

  • FASTING OF DAVID:

    • Upon the death of Saul
      2Samuel 1:12

    • During the sickness of the child born to him by Bathsheba
      2Samuel 12:16-22

    • While interceding in prayer for his friends
      Psalm 35:13

    • In his zeal for Zion
      Psalm 69:10

    • In prayer for himself and his adversaries
      Psalm 109:4, 24

  • Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house
    1Kings 21:20-29

  • Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of Canaanites and Syrians
    2Chronicles 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:

    • When Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem
      Jeremiah 36:9

    • In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
      Ezra 8:21, 23

  • Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions' den
    Daniel 6:18

  • FASTING OF DANIEL:

    • On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance
      Daniel 9:3

    • At the time of his vision
      Daniel 10:1-3

  • Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them
    Jonah 3:5-10

  • 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 13:2, 3

  • Of the consecration of the elders
    Acts 14:23