51+Bible Verses About Prayer For Fasting [KJV Scripture]

“Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, fast ye for me, neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also my maidens will fast likewise; so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: if I perish, I perish”

— Esther 4:16

“Therefore also now, saith the Lord , turn ye even to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, with mourning”

— Joel 2:12

“As they ministered to the Lord, fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas Saul for the work whereunto I have called them”

— Acts 13:2

“When they had fasted prayed, laid their hands on them, they sent them away”

— Acts 13:3

“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, that ye break every yoke?”

— Isaiah 58:6

“So we fasted besought our God for this: he was intreated of us”

— Ezra 8:23

“He was there with the Lord forty days forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments”

— Exodus 34:28

“Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward”

— Matthew 6:16

“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting prayer; come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency”

— 1 Corinthians 7:5

“When they had ordained them elders in every church, had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed”

— Acts 14:23

“I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled”

— Daniel 10:3

“But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; my prayer returned into mine own bosom”

— Psalm 35:13

“That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly”

— Matthew 6:18

“Wherefore have we fasted, say they, thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, exact all your labours”

— Isaiah 58:3

“Then all the children of Israel, all the people, went up, came unto the house of God, wept, sat there before the Lord , fasted that day until even, offered burnt offerings peace offerings before the Lord”

— Judges 20:26

“Then the king went to his palace, passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: his sleep went from him”

— Daniel 6:18

“But thou, O Lord , art a shield for me; my glory, the lifter up of mine head”

— Psalm 3:3

“So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them”

— Jonah 3:5

“They said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, make prayers, likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat drink?”

— Luke 5:33

“Blessed are they which do hunger thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled”

— Matthew 5:6

“Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, cry unto the Lord”

— Joel 1:14

“I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess”

— Luke 18:12

“Jehoshaphat feared, set himself to seek the Lord , proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah”

— 2 Chronicles 20:3

“I fell down before the Lord , as at the first, forty days forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord , to provoke him to anger”

— Deuteronomy 9:18

“He arose, did eat drink, went in the strength of that meat forty days forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God”

— 1 Kings 19:8

“In every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, fasting, weeping, wailing; many lay in sackcloth ashes”

— Esther 4:3

“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God”

— 1 Corinthians 10:31

“Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, then shall they fast”

— Matthew 9:15

“They took their bones, buried them under a tree at Jabesh, fasted seven days”

— 1 Samuel 31:13

“He was three days without sight, neither did eat nor drink”

— Acts 9:9

“The disciples of John of the Pharisees used to fast: they come say unto him, Why do the disciples of John of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?”

— Mark 2:18

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself”

— Daniel 1:8

“In weariness painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger thirst, in fastings often, in cold nakedness”

— 2 Corinthians 11:27

“They mourned, wept, fasted until even, for Saul, for Jonathan his son, for the people of the Lord , for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword”

— 2 Samuel 1:12

“Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer fasting”

— Matthew 17:21

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him”

— Hebrews 11:6

“They gathered together to Mizpeh, drew water, poured it out before the Lord , fasted on that day, said there, We have sinned against the Lord . Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh”

— 1 Samuel 7:6

“Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, for our little ones, for all our substance”

— Ezra 8:21

“But I keep under my body, bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway”

— 1 Corinthians 9:27

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; he sent signified it by his angel unto his servant John”

— Revelation 1:1

“David therefore besought God for the child; David fasted, went in, lay all night upon the earth”

— 2 Samuel 12:16

“Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away”

— Ezra 10:6

“When he had fasted forty days forty nights, he was afterward an hungred”

— Matthew 4:2

“But he answered said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”

— Matthew 4:4

“I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, ashes”

— Daniel 9:3

“He said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer fasting”

— Mark 9:29

“He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, not to faint”

— Luke 18:1

“Yet they seek me daily, delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God”

— Isaiah 58:2

“Being forty days tempted of the devil. in those days he did eat nothing: when they were ended, he afterward hungered”

— Luke 4:2

“It came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down wept, mourned certain days, fasted, prayed before the God of heaven”

— Nehemiah 1:4

“She was a widow of about fourscore four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings prayers night day”

— Luke 2:37

“When I wept, chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach”

— Psalm 69:10