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2 Samuel 12:16 (100.00%)

David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night on the ground.

David H1732 therefore besought H1245 (8762) God H430 for the child H5288; and David H1732 fasted H6684 (8799) H6685, and went in H935 (8804), and lay H7901 (8804) all night H3885 (8804) upon the earth H776.

and David seeketh God for the youth, and David keepeth a fast, and hath gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

1 Kings 21:12 (100.00%)

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

They proclaimed H7121 (8804) a fast H6685, and set H3427 (8689) Naboth H5022 on high H7218 among the people H5971.

they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

1 Kings 21:9 (100.00%)

She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

And she wrote H3789 (8799) in the letters H5612, saying H559 (8800), Proclaim H7121 (8798) a fast H6685, and set H3427 (8685) Naboth H5022 on high H7218 among the people H5971:

and she writeth in the letters, saying, ‘Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people,

2 Chronicles 20:3 (100.00%)

Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

And Jehoshaphat H3092 feared H3372 (8799), and set H5414 (8799) himself H6440 to seek H1875 (8800) the LORD H3068, and proclaimed H7121 (8799) a fast H6685 throughout H5921 all Judah H3063.

And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;

Ezra 8:21 (100.00%)

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us, for our little ones, and for all our possessions.

Then I proclaimed H7121 (8799) a fast H6685 there, at the river H5104 of Ahava H163, that we might afflict H6031 (8692) ourselves before H6440 our God H430, to seek H1245 (8763) of him a right H3477 way H1870 for us, and for our little ones H2945, and for all our substance H7399.

And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

Nehemiah 9:1 (100.00%)

Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.

Now in the twenty H6242 and fourth H702 day H3117 of this month H2320 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were assembled H622 (8738) with fasting H6685, and with sackclothes H8242, and earth H127 upon them.

And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;

Esther 4:3 (100.00%)

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

And in every province H4082, whithersoever H4725 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came H5060 (8688), [there was] great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews H3064, and fasting H6685, and weeping H1065, and wailing H4553; and many H7227 lay H3331 (8714) in sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665.

And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

Esther 9:31 (100.00%)

to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants in the matter of the fastings and their mourning.

To confirm H6965 (8763) these days H3117 of Purim H6332 in their times H2165 [appointed], according as Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 and Esther H635 the queen H4436 had enjoined H6965 (8765) them, and as they had decreed H6965 (8765) for themselves H5315 and for their seed H2233, the matters H1697 of the fastings H6685 and their cry H2201.

to establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed-matters of the fastings, and of their cry.

Psalm 35:13 (100.00%)

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

But as for me, when they were sick H2470 (8800), my clothing H3830 [was] sackcloth H8242: I humbled H6031 (8765) my soul H5315 with fasting H6685; and my prayer H8605 returned H7725 (8799) into mine own bosom H2436.

And I-in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

Psalm 69:10 (100.00%)

When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.

When I wept H1058 (8799), [and chastened] my soul H5315 with fasting H6685, that was to my reproach H2781.

And I weep in the fasting of my soul, And it is for a reproach to me.

Psalm 109:24 (100.00%)

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

My knees H1290 are weak H3782 (8804) through fasting H6685; and my flesh H1320 faileth H3584 (8804) of fatness H8081.

My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

Isaiah 58:6 (100.00%)

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

[Is] not this the fast H6685 that I have chosen H977 (8799)? to loose H6605 (8763) the bands H2784 of wickedness H7562, to undo H5425 (8687) the heavy H4133 burdens H92, and to let the oppressed H7533 (8803) go H7971 (8763) free H2670, and that ye break H5423 (8762) every yoke H4133?

Is not this the fast that I chose- To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?

Isaiah 58:5 (100.00%)

Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?

Is it such a fast H6685 that I have chosen H977 (8799)? a day H3117 for a man H120 to afflict H6031 (8763) his soul H5315? [is it] to bow down H3721 (8800) his head H7218 as a bulrush H100, and to spread H3331 (8686) sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 [under him]? wilt thou call H7121 (8799) this H2088 a fast H6685, and an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD H3068?

Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man’s afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day-to Jehovah?

Isaiah 58:3 (100.00%)

‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.

Wherefore have we fasted H6684 (8804), [say they], and thou seest H7200 (8804) not? [wherefore] have we afflicted H6031 (8765) our soul H5315, and thou takest no knowledge H3045 (8799)? Behold, in the day H3117 of your fast H6685 ye find H4672 (8799) pleasure H2656, and exact H5065 (8799) all your labours H6092.

‘Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.’ Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

Jeremiah 36:9 (100.00%)

Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.

And it came to pass in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the ninth H8671 month H2320, [that] they proclaimed H7121 (8804) a fast H6685 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to all the people H5971 in Jerusalem H3389, and to all the people H5971 that came H935 (8802) from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 unto Jerusalem H3389.

And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 36:6 (100.00%)

Therefore you go, and read from the scroll which you have written from my mouth, Yahweh’s words, in the ears of the people in Yahweh’s house on the fast day. Also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.

Therefore go H935 (8804) thou, and read H7121 (8804) in the roll H4039, which thou hast written H3789 (8804) from my mouth H6310, the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 in the LORD’S H3068 house H1004 upon the fasting H6685 day H3117: and also thou shalt read H7121 (8799) them in the ears H241 of all Judah H3063 that come out H935 (8802) of their cities H5892.

but thou hast entered-and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them;

Daniel 9:3 (100.00%)

I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

And I set H5414 (8799) my face H6440 unto the Lord H136 God H430, to seek H1245 (8763) by prayer H8605 and supplications H8469, with fasting H6685, and sackcloth H8242, and ashes H665:

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

Joel 2:12 (100.00%)

“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

Therefore also now, saith H5002 (8803) the LORD H3068, turn H7725 (8798) ye [even] to me with all your heart H3824, and with fasting H6685, and with weeping H1065, and with mourning H4553:

And also now-an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.

Joel 1:14 (100.00%)

Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

Sanctify H6942 (8761) ye a fast H6685, call H7121 (8798) a solemn assembly H6116, gather H622 (8798) the elders H2205 [and] all the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of the land H776 [into] the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430, and cry H2199 (8798) unto the LORD H3068,

Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders-all the inhabitants of the land, Into the house of Jehovah your God,

Joel 2:15 (100.00%)

Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

Blow H8628 (8798) the trumpet H7782 in Zion H6726, sanctify H6942 (8761) a fast H6685, call H7121 (8798) a solemn assembly H6116:

Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, Sanctify a fast-proclaim a restraint.

Jonah 3:5 (100.00%)

The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.

So the people H582 of Nineveh H5210 believed H539 (8686) God H430, and proclaimed H7121 (8799) a fast H6685, and put H3847 (8799) on sackcloth H8242, from the greatest H1419 of them even to the least H6996 of them.

And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,

Zechariah 8:19 (100.00%)

Yahweh of Armies says: “The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months shall be for the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.”

Thus saith H559 (8804) the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635; The fast H6685 of the fourth H7243 [month], and the fast H6685 of the fifth H2549, and the fast H6685 of the seventh H7637, and the fast H6685 of the tenth H6224, shall be to the house H1004 of Judah H3063 joy H8342 and gladness H8057, and cheerful H2896 feasts H4150; therefore love H157 (8798) the truth H571 and peace H7965.

‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth months, are to the house of Judah for joy and for rejoicing, and for pleasant appointed seasons, and the truth and the peace they have loved.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.