Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Fast’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Fast’ occurs 39 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 2:21 And so the Lord God sent a deep sleep upon Adam. And when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and he completed it with flesh for it.Genesis 2:21
Number of the word / term Fast in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 4:5 And so, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, arrived and entered the house of Ishbosheth, in the heat of the day. And he was sleeping on his bed at midday. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleaning the wheat, fell fast asleep.2 Samuel 4:5
2 Samuel 23:10 And when the men of Israel had gone up, he himself stood fast and struck down the Philistines, until his hand grew weak and stiff with the sword. And the Lord wrought a great salvation on that day. And the people who had fled returned to take up the spoils of the slain.2 Samuel 23:10
2 Samuel 23:12 he stood fast in the middle of the field, and it was protected by him. And he struck down the Philistines. And the Lord wrought a great salvation.2 Samuel 23:12
Number of the word / term Fast in 2 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 21:9 And this was the judgment of the letters: “Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.1 Kings 21:9
1 Kings 21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.1 Kings 21:12
Number of the word / term Fast in 1 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 20:3 Then Jehoshaphat, being terrified with fear, gave himself entirely to petitioning the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all of Judah.2 Chronicles 20:3
Number of the word / term Fast in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 8:21 And I proclaimed a fast in that place, beside the river Ahava, so that we might afflict ourselves in the sight of the Lord our God, and so that we might request of him the right way for us, and for our sons, and for all our substance.Ezra 8:21
Number of the word / term Fast in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Esther
Esther 4:16 “Go and gather together all the Jews whom you will find in Susa, and pray for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights, and I will fast with my handmaids similarly, and then I will go in to the king, doing what is against the law, not having been called, and so expose myself to mortal danger.”Esther 4:16
Number of the word / term Fast in Esther: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 23:34 And you will be like someone sleeping in the middle of the sea, and like a pilot, fast asleep, who has lost his hold on the helm.Proverbs 23:34
Number of the word / term Fast in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 58:4 Behold, you fast with strife and contention, and you strike with the fist impiously. Do not choose to fast as you have done even to this day. Then your outcry will be heard on high.Isaiah 58:4
Isaiah 58:5 Is this a fast such as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day, to contort his head in a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? Should you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?Isaiah 58:5
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen? Release the constraints of impiety; relieve the burdens that oppress; freely forgive those who are broken; and break apart every burden.Isaiah 58:6
Isaiah 64:7 There is no one who calls upon your name, who rises up and holds fast to you. You have concealed your face from us, and you have crushed us with the hand of our own iniquity.Isaiah 64:7
Number of the word / term Fast in Isaiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 14:12 When they will fast, I will not heed their petitions. And if they offer holocausts and victims, I will not accept them. For I will consume them by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.”Jeremiah 14:12
Jeremiah 36:6 Therefore, you shall enter and read from the volume, in which you have written from my mouth the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the house of the Lord on the day of the fast. Moreover, you shall also read them in the hearing of all those of Judah who are arriving from their cities.Jeremiah 36:6
Jeremiah 36:9 And it happened that, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast, in the sight of the Lord, to all the people in Jerusalem, and to the entire multitude which had flowed together, from the cities of Judah, into Jerusalem.Jeremiah 36:9
Number of the word / term Fast in Jeremiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 11:7 And a transplant from the germination of her roots will stand up, and he will come with an army, and will enter into the province of the king of the North, and he will abuse them, and will hold it fast.Daniel 11:7
Number of the word / term Fast in Daniel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Joel
Joel 1:14 Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord:Joel 1:14
Joel 2:15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly.Joel 2:15
Number of the word / term Fast in Joel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Jonah
Jonah 3:5 And the men of Nineveh believed in God. And they proclaimed a fast, and they put on sackcloth, from the greatest all the way to the least.Jonah 3:5
Number of the word / term Fast in Jonah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2:16 You are filled with disgrace in place of glory. So then, drink and fall fast asleep, for the cup of the right hand of the Lord will surround you, and a disgraceful vomit will cover your glory.Habakkuk 2:16
Number of the word / term Fast in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 7:5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?Zechariah 7:5
Zechariah 8:19 Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will be for the house of Judah in joy and gladness and with bright solemnities. So then, love truth and peace.Zechariah 8:19
Number of the word / term Fast in Zechariah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 6:16 And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.Matthew 6:16
Matthew 6:17 But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,Matthew 6:17
Matthew 9:14 Then the disciples of John drew near to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast frequently, but your disciples do not fast?”Matthew 9:14
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them: “How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.Matthew 9:15
Number of the word / term Fast in Matthew: 4
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Mark
Mark 2:18 And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting. And they arrived and said to him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”Mark 2:18
Mark 2:19 And Jesus said to them: “How can the sons of the wedding fast while the groom is still with them? During whatever time they have the groom with them, they are not able to fast.Mark 2:19
Mark 2:20 But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they shall fast, in those days.Mark 2:20
Number of the word / term Fast in Mark: 3
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Luke
Luke 5:33 But they said to him, “Why do the disciples of John fast frequently, and make supplications, and those of the Pharisees act similarly, while yours eat and drink?”Luke 5:33
Luke 5:34 And he said to them: “How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast, while the groom is still with them?Luke 5:34
Luke 5:35 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast, in those days.”Luke 5:35
Luke 18:12 I fast twice between Sabbaths. I give tithes from all that I possess.’Luke 18:12
Number of the word / term Fast in Luke: 4
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Acts
Acts 27:9 Then, after much time had passed, and since sailing would no longer be prudent because the Fast Day had now passed, Paul consoled them,Acts 27:9
Acts 27:33 And when it began to be light, Paul requested that they all take food, saying: “This is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and continuing to fast, taking nothing.Acts 27:33
Number of the word / term Fast in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Fast’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 6:18 so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.Hebrews 6:18
Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.Hebrews 10:23
Number of the word / term ‘Fast’ in Hebrews: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 39
