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As a group, see how many examples of fasting you can name from Scripture.
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I found 27 Bible verses about the practice of fasting.
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There are different types of fasting in the Bible. There is limiting yourself to a specific kind of food (Daniel 1:8–14). There is fasting from food entirely (Daniel 10:2–3). There is fasting from food and water (Luke 4:2; Acts 9:9). There is also “fasting” from a certain activity, such as a husband and wife abstaining from sex for a predetermined period (Exodus 19:15; 1 Corinthians 7:5).
Moses fasted 40 days on behalf of Israel’s sin: Deuteronomy 9:9, 18, 25-29; 10:10.
David fasted and mourned the death of Saul: 2 Samuel 1:12.
David fasted and mourned the death of Abner: 2 Samuel 3:35.
David fasted and mourned the death of his child: 2 Samuel 12:16.
Elijah Fasted While Escaping Jezebel – 1 Kings 19:4-8
Esther Fasted for the Safety of the Jews – Esther 4:15-17
Jesus Fasted Before Temptation by Satan – Matthew 4:1-2The Bible has so many examples of fasting, the list above is not exhaustive.
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Looking it up I saw about 40 scriptures on fasting in the bible
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Matthew 6v16-18, Acts 13v1-3,, Nehemiah 1v23, Ezra 10v 6-17, 1st king 19-4-8 Deu 9v9-18,
2 Samuel 12 v 15-20, Esther 4v 15-17,
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There are many more examples of Fasting and praying we can find in Scriptures. Some ie.–Nehemiah 1:4 “So it was , when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days: I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven” In Ezra 8:23 “So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and he answered our prayer. Psalm 35:13 David said ,But as for me, “when they were sick I humbled myself with fasting: and my prayer would return to my own heart.
