Fasting

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Observed on occasions of public calamities 2 Sam. 1:12
Afflictions Ps. 35:13; Dan. 6:18
Private afflictions 2 Sam. 12:16
Approaching danger Esth. 4:16
Ordination of ministers Acts 13:3; 14:23
Accompanied by prayer Dan. 9:3
Confession of sin 1 Sam. 7:6; Neh. 9:1,2
Humiliation Deut. 9:18; Neh. 9:1
During forty days
Moses Deut. 9:9,18
Jesus Matt. 4:1,2; Mark 1:12,13; Luke 4:1,2
Habitual
By John's disciples Matt. 9:14
By Anna Luke 2:37
By Pharisees Matt. 9:14; Mark 2:18; Luke 18:12
By Cornelius Acts 10:30
By Paul 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27
In times of bereavement
Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons 1 Sam. 31:13; 1 Chr. 10:12
Of David, at the time of Saul's death 2 Sam. 1:12
Of Abner's death 2 Sam. 3:35
Prolonged
For three weeks, by Daniel Dan. 10:2,3
For forty days, by Moses Exod. 24:18; 34:28; Deut. 9:9,18
Elijah 1 Kgs. 19:8
Jesus Matt. 4:2
See HUMILIATION
See Humility
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ezra 8:21-23; Ps. 35:13; 69:10; Isa. 58:3-7; Jer. 14:12; Dan. 10:3; Joel 1:14; 2:12,13; Zech. 7:5; 8:19; Matt. 6:16-18; 9:14,15; 17:21; Acts 27:9,33,34; 1 Cor. 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 Judg. 20:26
When they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant 1 Sam. 7:6
Of David
Upon the death of Saul 2 Sam. 1:12
During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba 2 Sam. 12:16-22
While interceding in prayer for his friends Ps. 35:13
In his zeal for Zion Ps. 69:10
In prayer for himself and his adversaries Ps. 109:4,24
Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house 1 Kgs. 21:27; with 20:29
Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians 2 Chr. 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 Neh. 1:4
Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem Jer. 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 Dan. 6:18
Of Daniel
On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance Dan. 9:3
At the time of his vision Dan. 10:1-3
Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them Jon. 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

From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.

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