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OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF HABITUAL INSTANCES OF FASTING
ACCOMPANIED BYIN TIMES OF BEREVEMENTFASTING OF DAVID
FASTING DURING FORTY DAYSPROLONGED FASTINGFASTING OF DANIEL
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES
  • OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF:

    • Public calamities
      2Samuel 1:12

    • Afflictions
      Psalm 35:13; Daniel 6:18

    • Private afflictions
      2Samuel 12:16

    • Approaching danger
      Esther 4:16

    • Ordination of ministers
      Acts 13:3; 14:23

  • ACCOMPANIED BY:

    • Prayer
      Daniel 9:3

    • Confession of sin
      1Samuel 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1, 2

    • Humiliation
      Deuteronomy 9:18; Nehemiah 9:1

  • FASTING 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
      2Corinthians 6:5; 11:27

  • IN TIMES OF BEREVEMENT:

    • Of the people of Jabeshgilead, for Saul and his sons
      1Samuel 31:13; 1Chronicles 10:12

    • Of David, at the time of Saul's death
      2Samuel 1:12

    • Of Abner's death
      2Samuel 3:35

  • PROLONGED:

    • For three weeks, by Daniel
      Daniel 10:2, 3

    • Forty days by Moses
      Exodus 24:18; 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 18

    • Forty days by Elijah
      1Kings 19:8

    • Forty days by Jesus
      Matthew 4:2

    • See HUMILIATION,  HUMILITY

  • UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
    Ezra 8:21-23; Psalm 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; Acts 27:9, 17:21; 33, 34; 1Corinthians 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
        1Samuel 7:6

    • FASTING OF DAVID:

      • Upon the death of Saul
        2Samuel 1:12

      • During the sickness of the child born to him by Bathsheba
        2Samuel 12:16-22

      • While interceding in prayer for his friends
        Psalm 35:13

      • In his zeal for Zion
        Psalm 69:10

      • In prayer for himself and his adversaries
        Psalm 109:4, 24

    • Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house
      1Kings 21:20-29

    • Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of Canaanites and Syrians
      2Chronicles 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

    • FASTING 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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