Topic
Fasting
77 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 34:28Nave · Torrey Prolonged — For forty days, by Moses
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
- Deuteronomy 9:9Nave · Torrey During forty days — Moses
When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
- Deuteronomy 9:18Nave · Torrey Humiliation
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and 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.
- Judges 20:26Nave · Torrey In the conflict between the other tribes with the tribe of Benjamin, on account of the wrong suffered by a Levite's concubine
¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:6Nave · Torrey Confession of sin
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
- 1 Samuel 31:13Nave · Torrey In times of bereavement — Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- 2 Samuel 1:12Nave · Torrey Observed on occasions of public calamities
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 12:16Nave · Torrey Private afflictions
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
- 1 Kings 19:8Nave · Torrey Prolonged — Elijah
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
- 1 Kings 21:27Nave · Torrey In prayer for himself and his adversaries — Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- Ezra 8:21Nave · Torrey In prayer for himself and his adversaries — In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
¶ 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, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
- Ezra 8:23Nave · Torrey In prayer for himself and his adversaries — In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
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- Nehemiah 1:4 Nave · Torrey In prayer for himself and his adversaries — Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the temple
- Nehemiah 9:1 Nave · Torrey Confession of sin
- Nehemiah 9:2 Nave · Torrey Confession of sin
- Esther 4:16 Nave · Torrey Approaching danger
- Psalms 35:13 Nave · Torrey Afflictions
- Psalms 69:10 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 109:24 Nave · Torrey In prayer for himself and his adversaries
- Jeremiah 14:12 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Jeremiah 36:9 Nave · Torrey In prayer for himself and his adversaries — Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and Jerusalem
- Daniel 6:18 Nave · Torrey Afflictions
- Daniel 9:3 Nave · Torrey Accompanied by prayer
- Joel 1:14 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Joel 2:12 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Zechariah 7:5 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 4:2 Nave · Torrey During forty days — Jesus
- Matthew 6:16–18 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 9:14 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By John's disciples
- Mark 2:18 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By Pharisees
- Luke 2:37 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By Anna
- Luke 18:12 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By Pharisees
- Acts 10:30 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By Cornelius
- Acts 13:2 Nave · Torrey At the time of his vision — Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and Saul
- Acts 13:3 Nave · Torrey Ordination of ministers
- Acts 14:23 Nave · Torrey Ordination of ministers
- 2 Corinthians 6:5 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By Paul
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 Nave · Torrey Habitual — By Paul
- Exodus 24:18 Nave Prolonged — For forty days, by Moses
- 2 Samuel 3:35 Nave In times of bereavement — Of Abner's death
- 2 Samuel 12:16–22 Nave During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba
- 1 Kings 21:12 Torrey Of the wicked-Exemplified — Elders of Jezreel
- 1 Chronicles 10:12 Nave In times of bereavement — Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 Nave In prayer for himself and his adversaries — Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians
- Ezra 8:21–23 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Ezra 10:6 Nave In prayer for himself and his adversaries — Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the Jews
- Esther 4:3 Torrey National Exemplified — Israel
- Psalms 109:4 Nave In prayer for himself and his adversaries
- Isaiah 58:3–7 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Isaiah 58:3 Torrey OF HYPOCRITES — Rejected
- Isaiah 58:4 Torrey OF HYPOCRITES — Described
- Isaiah 58:5 Torrey OF HYPOCRITES — Described
- Isaiah 58:6 Torrey Spirit of, explained
- Isaiah 58:7 Torrey Spirit of, explained
- Isaiah 58:8–12 Torrey Promises connected with
- Daniel 10:1–3 Nave At the time of his vision
- Daniel 10:2 Nave Prolonged — For three weeks, by Daniel
- Daniel 10:3 Nave Prolonged — For three weeks, by Daniel
- Joel 2:13 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Jonah 3:5–10 Nave At the time of his vision — Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them
- Jonah 3:5–8 Torrey National Exemplified — Ninevites
- Zechariah 8:19 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 4:1 Nave During forty days — Jesus
- Matthew 6:16 Torrey OF HYPOCRITES — Ostentatious
- Matthew 6:18 Torrey Should be to God
- Matthew 9:15 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Matthew 17:21 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Mark 1:12 Nave During forty days — Jesus
- Mark 1:13 Nave During forty days — Jesus
- Luke 4:1 Nave During forty days — Jesus
- Luke 4:2 Nave During forty days — Jesus
- Luke 5:33–35 Torrey OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF — Afflictions of the Church
- Acts 9:9 Nave At the time of his vision — By Paul, at the time of his conversion
- Acts 27:9 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Acts 27:33 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Acts 27:34 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 84 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → 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
- → Habitual
- → In times of bereavement
- → Prolonged
- → 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
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 60 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Spirit of, explained Isa 58:6,7
- Not to be made a subject of display Mt 6:16-18
- Should be to God Zec 7:5; Mt 6:18
- For the chastening of the soul Ps 69:10
- For the humbling of the soul Ps 35:13
- OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF
- ACCOMPANIED BY
- Promises connected with Isa 58:8-12; Mt 6:18
- OF HYPOCRITES
- Extraordinary Exemplified
- National Exemplified
- Of Saints Exemplified
- Of the wicked-Exemplified
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.