Fasting

Question 1

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day:

Answer 1

Esther 4:16

Question 2

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Answer 2

Isaiah 58:6

Question 3

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (6)For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and ashes.(7) And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

Answer 3

Jonah 3:5-7

Question 4

And remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.

Answer 4

1 Esdras 9:2

Question 5

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Answer 5

Mathew 6:17

Question 6

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Answer 6

Matthew 15:32

Question 7

How wit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Answer 7

Matthew 17:21
Mark 9:29
Example: Nehemiah 1:4

Question 8

And while the day was coming on, Paul be sought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Answer 8

Acts 27:33

Question 9

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Answer 9

1 Corinthians 7:5