1Sa 7:6, 2Ch 20:3, Ezr 8:21, 9:4-5, Joe 1:14, 2:12-18, Jon 3:5-10 | ESV | STEP | So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there , We have sinned against the Lord . And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah .

6 So they gathered at ^aMizpah ^band drew water and poured it out before the Lord ^cand fasted on that day and said there, ^d“We have sinned against the Lord.” And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah.

2 Chronicles 20:3

3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face ^eto seek the Lord, and ^fproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Ezra 8:21

Fasting and Prayer for Protection

21 ^gThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river ^hAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, ⁱto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.

Ezra 9:4-5

4 Then all who ^jtrembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat ^kappalled until the evening sacrifice. 5 And at the ^levening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment ^mand my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees ⁿand spread out my hands to the Lord my God,

Joel 1:14

14 ^oConsecrate a fast;
^pcall a solemn assembly.
Gather ^qthe elders
and ^rall the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

Joel 2:12-18

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
^s“return to me with all your heart,
^twith fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and ^urend your hearts and not ^vyour garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
^wfor he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
^xand he relents over disaster.
14 ^yWho knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and ^zleave a blessing behind him,
^aaa grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?
15 ^abBlow the trumpet in Zion;
^acconsecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people.
^adConsecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
^aegather the children,
even nursing infants.
^afLet the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
17 ^agBetween the ^ahvestibule and the ^aialtar
^ajlet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. ^{▼▼Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them}
^alWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

The Lord Had Pity

18 ^amThen the Lord became jealous for his land
^anand had pity on his people.

Jonah 3:5-10

5 ^aoAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. ^apThey called for a fast and ^aqput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6 The word reached ^{▼▼Or had reached} the king of Nineveh, and ^ashe arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, ^atand sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, ^au“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor ^avbeast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and ^awbeast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. ^axLet everyone turn from his evil way and from ^aythe violence that is in his hands. 9 ^azWho knows? God may turn and relent ^baand turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did, ^bbhow they turned from their evil way, ^bcGod relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.