20 Bible Verses about

Fasting

Matthew 6:17 BSB

But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Isaiah 58:6 BSB

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Acts 13:2 BSB

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Matthew 6:16 BSB

When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

Mark 2:18 BSB

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

Luke 18:12 BSB

I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

Psalm 139:10 BSB

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Luke 5:34 BSB

Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

Luke 5:35 BSB

But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

Psalm 89:28 BSB

I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.

Psalm 64:5 BSB

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

Isaiah 56:4 BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

Matthew 9:14 BSB

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Hebrews 11:1 BSB

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11:6 BSB

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.