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Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a period of fasting throughout Judah.
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Now when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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The People Confess Their Sin
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them.
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In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.
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to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants, with instructions for their times of fasting and their mourning.
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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, But my prayer kept returning to me.
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When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my disgrace.
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My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness.
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So you go and read from the scroll, which you have written at my dictation, the words of the Lord to the people at the Lord’s house on a day of fasting. And you shall also read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.
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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
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So I gave my attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and pleading, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
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“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping, and mourning;
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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.
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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.
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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?”
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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?”
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While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”
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When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
