Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Fasting’ 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 ‘Fasting’ occurs 22 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 ‘Fasting’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 30:13 If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it.Numbers 30:13
Number of the word / term Fasting in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 9:1 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.Nehemiah 9:1
Number of the word / term Fasting in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Esther
Esther 4:3 Likewise, in all provinces, towns, and places where the king’s cruel decision arrived, there was extraordinary mourning among the Jews with fasting, wailing, and weeping, with many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.Esther 4:3
Esther 9:31 and observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy at their proper time, just as Mordecai and Esther had established. And they accepted these to be observed by themselves and by their offspring: fasting, and crying out, and the days of lots,Esther 9:31
Number of the word / term Fasting in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 35:13 But as for me, when they were harassing me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer will become my sinews.Psalm 35:13
Psalm 69:10 And I covered my soul with fasting, and it has become a reproach to me.Psalm 69:10
Psalm 109:24 My knees have been weakened by fasting, and my flesh has been replaced by oil.Psalm 109:24
Number of the word / term Fasting in Psalm: 3
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 58:3 “Why have we fasted, and you have not taken notice? Why have we humbled our souls, and you have not acknowledged it?” Behold, in the day of your fasting, your own will is found, and you petition for payment from all your debtors.Isaiah 58:3
Number of the word / term Fasting in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.Daniel 9:3
Number of the word / term Fasting in Daniel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Joel
Joel 2:12 Now, therefore, the Lord says: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning.”Joel 2:12
Number of the word / term Fasting in Joel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ 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 6:18 so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.Matthew 6:18
Matthew 15:32 And Jesus, calling together his disciples, said: “I have compassion on the crowds, because they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to dismiss them, fasting, lest they faint along the way.”Matthew 15:32
Matthew 17:21 But this kind is not cast out, except through prayer and fasting.”Matthew 17:21
Number of the word / term Fasting in Matthew: 4
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ 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 8:3 And if I were to send them away fasting to their home, they might faint on the way.” For some of them came from far away.Mark 8:3
Mark 9:29 And he said to them, “This kind is able to be expelled by nothing other than prayer and fasting.”Mark 9:29
Number of the word / term Fasting in Mark: 3
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Luke
Luke 2:37 And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.Luke 2:37
Number of the word / term Fasting in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book Acts
Acts 13:2 Now as they were ministering for the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them: “Separate Saul and Barnabas for me, for the work for which I have selected them.”Acts 13:2
Acts 13:3 Then, fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them, they sent them away.Acts 13:3
Acts 14:23 And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.Acts 14:23
Number of the word / term Fasting in Acts: 3
Bible passages with ‘Fasting’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 6:5 despite wounds, imprisonment, and rebellion; with hard work, vigilance, and fasting;2 Corinthians 6:5
Number of the word / term ‘Fasting’ in 2 Corinthians: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 22
