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Isaiah 58

Observances of Fasts

“Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their wrongdoing, And to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God. ‘Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’ Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And oppress all your workers. ...

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  1. And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.
  2. Fasting; The True Treasure; Wealth

    “Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
  3. But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
  4. so that your fasting will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
  5. The Question about Fasting

    Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
  6. And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
  7. John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”
  8. And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.
  9. But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast, on that day.
  10. and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.
  11. And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”
  12. And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the attendants of the groom fast while the groom is with them, can you?
  13. But the days will come; and when the groom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”
  14. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
  15. The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first;
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16 topical index results for “fast”

ESTHER : Fasts on account of the decree to destroy the Israelites; Accuses Haman to the king; intercedes for her people (Esther 4;;;;;)
JOHN : Teaches his disciples to fast (Luke 5:33)
ELIJAH » The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called ELIA » Fasts for forty days (1 Kings 19:8)
EZRA » A famous scribe and priest » Appoints a fast (Ezra 8:21)
HUMILIATION AND SELF-AFFLICTION » ENJOINED » See FASTING
RULERS » RIGHTEOUS » King of Nineveh, in repenting, and proclaimimg a fast (Jonah 3:6-9)