But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be
obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and
your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. – Matthew 6:17-18
So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor
drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten
Commandments. – Exodus 34:28
“Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in
the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you
fasted? – Zechariah 7:5
Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering
and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by
famine, and by pestilence.” – Jeremiah 14:12
Psalm 34:18
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18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 147:3
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3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Joel 2:12-13
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12 “Even now,” declares the LORD, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting
and weeping and mourning.” 13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the
LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in
love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Daniel 9:3-5
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in
fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed:
“Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love
him and keep his commandments, 5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked
and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.
Joshua 1:9
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9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Romans 8:28
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28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who
have been called according to his purpose.
Matthew 5:4
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4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Give all your worries to Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7
The Lord your God will go with you. He will not leave you or forget you. Deuteronomy
31:6
The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you
or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8
4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted
and prayed before the God of heaven. – Nehemiah 1:4
“I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my
chest. I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who
laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.” – Psalm 35:13-14
My knees are weak through fasting; my body has become gaunt, with no fat. – Psalm
109:24
“Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.” – Joel 2:12
“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do
not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast
as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I
perish, I perish.” – Esther 4:16
And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Acts 9:9
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray
and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared
God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept
coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ 4 “For some
time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or
care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that
she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ” 6 And the Lord
said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice
for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them
off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the
Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” – Luke 18:1-12
Psalm 69:10
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10 When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;
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