Fasten
The voluntary abstinence from food for spiritual purposes — prayer, repentance, seeking God's guidance, or preparing for ministry. Moses fasted forty days on Sinai (Exodus 34:28). David fasted when his child was ill (2 Samuel 12:16). Esther called a three-day fast before approaching the king (Esther 4:16). Jesus fasted forty days in the wilderness before his temptation (Matthew 4:1-2) and taught his disciples how to fast without hypocrisy (Matthew 6:16-18). The early church fasted before making important decisions (Acts 13:2-3, 14:23). Fasting expresses dependence on God and intensifies spiritual focus.
Verses about Fasten
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Exodus 28:14
And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.
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Exodus 28:25
And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
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Exodus 39:18
And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
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Exodus 39:31
And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Exodus 40:18
And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
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Richter 4:21
Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fa…
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Richter 16:14
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin…
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1. Samuel 31:10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.
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2. Samuel 20:8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it …
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1. Könige 6:6
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of t…
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1. Chronik 10:10
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
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2. Chronik 9:18
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and…
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Ester 1:6
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gol…
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Hiob 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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Prediger 12:11
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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Jesaja 22:23
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
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Jesaja 22:25
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that wa…
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Jesaja 41:7
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and …
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Jeremia 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
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Hesekiel 40:43
And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.