1 Kings 17:20-21
20And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” 21 aThen he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life ▼▼Or soul; also verse 22
come into him again.” Daniel 9:3
3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by cprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.Mark 9:29
29And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.” ▼▼Some manuscripts add and fasting
Acts 13:2-3
2While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, ethe Holy Spirit said, f“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul gfor the work to which I have called them.” 3Then after fasting and hpraying they laid their hands on them and isent them off.Acts 14:23
23And when they had jappointed kelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting lthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.1 Corinthians 7:5
5 mDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, nso that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.2 Corinthians 11:27
27 oin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, pin hunger and thirst, often without food, ▼▼Or often in fasting
in cold and exposure.
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