Bible Verses About Fasting

Here we have collected several Bible verses about Fasting from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).

2 Samuel 12:21-23

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"Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he…

Nehemiah 9:1-2

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"Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their…

Esther 4:16

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"Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in…

Jeremiah 36:6

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"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…

Luke 4:1-2

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"And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended,…

Deuteronomy 9:18

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"And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the…

Deuteronomy 9:9

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"When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did…

Acts 10:30

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"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," - Acts 10:30 KJV

1 Samuel 7:6

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"And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh" -…

Daniel 10:2-3

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"In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled" - Daniel 10:2-3 KJV

Mark 1:12-13

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"And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him" - Mark 1:12-13 KJV

2 Samuel 1:12

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"And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword" - 2 Samuel 1:12…

2 Samuel 3:35

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"And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down"…

Exodus 34:28

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"And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments" - Exodus 34:28 KJV

Mark 2:18

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"And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not" - Mark 2:18 KJV

Daniel 6:18

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"Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him" - Daniel 6:18 KJV

Luke 2:37

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"And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day" - Luke 2:37 KJV

Acts 14:23

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"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" - Acts 14:23 KJV

Psalms 35:13

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"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" - Psalms 35:13 KJV

1 Kings 19:8

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"And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God" - 1 Kings 19:8 KJV

Exodus 24:18

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"And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights" - Exodus 24:18 KJV

Daniel 9:3

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"And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:" - Daniel 9:3 KJV

2 Corinthians 11:27

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"In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness" - 2 Corinthians 11:27 KJV

Matthew 9:14

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"Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not" - Matthew 9:14 KJV

2 Samuel 12:16

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"David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth" - 2 Samuel 12:16 KJV

1 Samuel 31:13

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"And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days" - 1 Samuel 31:13 KJV

Acts 13:3

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"And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away" - Acts 13:3 KJV

2 Corinthians 6:5

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"In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;" - 2 Corinthians 6:5 KJV

Matthew 4:2

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"And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred" - Matthew 4:2 KJV

1 Chronicles 10:12

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"They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days" - 1 Chronicles…