Fasting

Observed on occasions of public calamities 2 Samuel 1:12
Afflictions Psalm 35:13 ; Daniel 6:18
Private afflictions 2 Samuel 12:16
Approaching danger Esther 4:16
Ordination of ministers Acts 13:3 ; 14:23
Accompanied by prayer Daniel 9:3
Confession of sin 1 Samuel 7:6 ; Nehemiah 9:1,2
Humiliation Deuteronomy 9:18 ; Nehemiah 9:1
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 2 Corinthians 6:5 ; 11:27
In times of bereavement
- Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons 1 Samuel 31:13 ; 1 Chronicles 10:12
- Of David, at the time of Saul's death 2 Samuel 1:12
- Of Abner's death 2 Samuel 3:35
Prolonged
- For three weeks, by Daniel Daniel 10:2,3
- For forty days, by Moses Exodus 24:18 ; 34:28 ; Deuteronomy 9:9,18
- Elijah 1 Kings 19:8
- Jesus Matthew 4:2
See HUMILIATION
See 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 ; 17:21 ; Acts 27:9,33,34 ; 1 Corinthians 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 1 Samuel 7:6
- Of David
  - Upon the death of Saul 2 Samuel 1:12
  - During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba 2 Samuel 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 1 Kings 21:27 ; 20:29
- Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians 2 Chronicles 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
- 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

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