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Fasting

Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source

Observed on occasions of public calamities 2 Samuel 1:12
Afflictions Psalms 35:13 Daniel 6:18
Private afflictions 2 Samuel 12:16
Approaching danger Esther 4:16
Ordination of ministers Acts 13:3 Acts 14:23
Accompanied by prayer Daniel 9:3
Confession of sin 1 Samuel 7:6 Nehemiah 9:1 Nehemiah 9:2
Humiliation Deuteronomy 9:18 Nehemiah 9:1
During forty days
Moses Deuteronomy 9:9 Deuteronomy 9:18
Jesus Matthew 4:1 Matthew 4:2 Mark 1:12 Mark 1:13 Luke 4:1 Luke 4:2
Habitual
By John's disciples Matthew 9:14
By Anna Luke 2:37
By Matthew 9:14 Mark 2:18 Luke 18:12
By Cornelius Acts 10:30
By Paul 2 Corinthians 6:5 2 Corinthians 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 Daniel 10:3
For forty days, by Moses Exodus 24:18 Exodus 34:28 Deuteronomy 9:9 Deuteronomy 9:18
Elijah 1 Kings 19:8
Jesus Matthew 4:2
See HUMILIATION
See Humility
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ezra 8:21–23 Psalms 35:13 Psalms 69:10 Isaiah 58:3–7 Jeremiah 14:12 Daniel 10:3 Joel 1:14 Joel 2:12 Joel 2:13 Zechariah 7:5 Zechariah 8:19 Matthew 6:16–18 Matthew 9:14 Matthew 9:15 Matthew 17:21 Acts 27:9 Acts 27:33 Acts 27:34 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 '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 Psalms 35:13
In his zeal for Zion Psalms 69:10
In prayer for himself and his adversaries Psalms 109:4 Psalms 109:24
Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house 1 Kings 21:27
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 Ezra 8:23
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 Acts 13:3
Of the consecration of the elders Acts 14:23