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Fasting
(From Nave's Topical Bible)

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

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