FASTING

–Observed on occasions of public calamities 2Sa 1:12

–Afflictions Ps 35:13; Da 6:18

–Private afflictions 2Sa 12:16

–Approaching danger Es 4:16

–Ordination of ministers Ac 13:3; 14:23

–Accompanied by prayer Da 9:3

–Confession of sin 1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2

–Humiliation De 9:18; Ne 9:1

–During forty days

.Moses De 9:9,18

.Jesus Mt 4:1,2; Mr 1:12,13; Lu 4:1,2

–Habitual

.By John’s disciples Mt 9:14

.By Anna Lu 2:37

.By Pharisees Mt 9:14; Mr 2:18; Lu 18:12

.By Cornelius Ac 10:30

.By Paul 2Co 6:5; 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 Da 10:2,3

.For forty days, by Moses Ex 24:18; 34:28; De 9:9,18

.Elijah 1Ki 19:8

.Jesus Mt 4:2

–See HUMILIATION

–See HUMILITY

–UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ezr 8:21-23; Ps 35:13; 69:10; Isa 58:3-7; Jer 14:12; Da 10:3; Joe 1:14; 2:12,13; Zec 7:5; 8:19; Mt 6:16-18; 9:14,15; 17:21; Ac 27:9,33,34; 1Co 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 Jud 20:26

When they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant 1Sa 7:6

.Of David

Upon the death of Saul 2Sa 1:12

During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba 2Sa 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 1Ki 21:27; with 20:29

.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 Ne 1:4

.Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem Jer 36:9

.In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance Ezr 8:21,23

.Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions’ den Da 6:18

.Of Daniel

On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliverance Da 9:3

At the time of his vision Da 10:1-3

.Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them Jon 3:5-10

.By Paul, at the time of his conversion Ac 9:9

.Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul Ac 13:2,3

.Of the consecration of the elders Ac 14:23