Meaning
Fasting Observed on occasions of:
- Public calamities
2Sa 1:12
- Afflictions and Adversities
Psa 35:13; Dan 6:18
- Private afflictions
2Sa 12:16
- Approaching danger
Est 4:16
- Ordination of ministers
Act 13:3; Act 14:23
Accompanied by:
- Prayer
Dan 9:3
- Confession of sin
1Sa 7:6; Neh 9:2
- Humiliation
Deu 9:18; Neh 9:1
During forty days:
- Moses
Deu 9:9; Deu 9:18
- Jesus
Mat 4:2; Mar 1:13; Luk 4:2
Habitual:
- By John's disciples
Mat 9:14
- By Anna
Luk 2:37
- By Pharisees
Mat 9:14; Mar 2:18; Luk 18:12
- By Cornelius
Act 10:30
- By Paul
2Co 6:5; 2Co 11:27
In times of bereavement:
- Of the people of Jabesh-Gilead, for Saul and his sons
1Sa 31:13; 1Ch 10:12
- Of David, at the time of Saul's death
2Sa 1:12
- Of Abner's death
2Sa 3:35
Prolonged:
- For three weeks, by Daniel
Dan 10:3
- Forty days by Moses
Exo 24:18; Exo 34:28; Deu 9:9; Deu 9:18
- Forty days by Elijah
1Ki 19:8
- Forty days by Jesus
Mat 4:2
Humiliation; Humility
Unclassified scriptures relating to
Ezr 8:23; Psa 35:13; Psa 69:10; Isa 58:7; Jer 14:12; Dan 10:3; Joe 1:14; Joe 2:13; Zec 7:5; Zec 8:19; Mat 6:18; Mat 9:15; Mat 17:21; Act 27:9; Act 27:34; 1Co 7:5
Instances of:
- Of the Israelites:
b in the conflict between the other tribes with the tribe of Benjamin, on account of the wrong suffered by a Levite's concubine
Jdg 20:26
b When they went to Mizpeh for the ark
1Sa 7:6
- Of David:
b at the death of Saul
2Sa 1:12
b During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-Sheba
2Sa 12:22
b While interceding in prayer for his friends
Psa 35:13
b in his zeal for Zion
Psa 69:10
b in prayer for himself and his adversaries
Psa 109:4; Psa 109:24
- Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house
1Ki 21:29
- Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians
2Ch 20:3
- Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews
Ezr 10:6
- Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple
Neh 1:4
- Of the Jews:
b When Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem
Jer 36:9
b in Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
Ezr 8:21; Ezr 8:23
- Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lion's den
Dan 6:18
- Of Daniel:
b on account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance
Dan 9:3
b at the time of his vision
Dan 10:3
- Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them
Jon 3:10
- By Paul, at the time of his conversion
Act 9:9
- Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul
Act 13:3
- Of the consecration of the elders
Act 14:23
