2Ch 20:3, Ezr 10:6, Neh 9:1-2, Est 4:3, 16, Dan 9:3-19, Zec 7:5 | ESV | STEP | Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord , and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah .

6 Then Ezra withdrew ^cfrom before the house of God and went to the ^dchamber of ^eJehohanan the son of ^fEliashib, where he spent the night, ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew where he went} neither ^heating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.

Nehemiah 9:1-2

The People of Israel Confess Their Sin

1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of ⁱthis month the people of Israel were assembled ^jwith fasting ^kand in sackcloth, ^land with earth on their heads. 2 ^mAnd the Israelites ^{▼▼Hebrew the offspring of Israel} separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Esther 4:3

3 And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, ^owith fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them ^play in sackcloth and ashes.

Esther 4:16

16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for ^qthree days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, ^rand if I perish, I perish.”

Daniel 9:3-19

3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^sprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4 I prayed to the Lord my God and ^tmade confession, saying, ^u“O Lord, the ^vgreat and awesome God, who ^wkeeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 ^xwe have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^yand rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 ^zWe have not listened to ^aayour servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^abour kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, ^acO Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^adthose who are near and ^aethose who are far away, in ^afall the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^agthe treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^ahwe have sinned against you. 9 ^aiTo the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him 10 ^ajand have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in his laws, which he set before us by ^akhis servants the prophets. 11 ^alAll Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, ^amrefusing to obey your voice. ^anAnd the curse and oath ^aothat are written in the Law of ^apMoses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because ^aqwe have sinned against him. 12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against ^arour rulers who ruled us, ^{▼▼Or our judges who judged us} by ^atbringing upon us a great calamity. ^auFor under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. 13 ^avAs it is written in the Law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us; yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord our God, ^awturning from our iniquities and gaining insight by your truth. 14 ^axTherefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^ayfor the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^azwe have not obeyed his voice. 15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt ^bawith a mighty hand, and ^bbhave made a name for yourself, as at this day, ^bcwe have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 “O Lord, ^bdaccording to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, ^beyour holy hill, ^bfbecause for our sins, and for ^bgthe iniquities of our fathers, ^bhJerusalem and your people have become ^bia byword among all who are around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, ^{▼▼Hebrew for the Lord’s sake} ^bkmake your face to shine upon ^blyour sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 ^bmO my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see ^bnour desolations, and ^bothe city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. ^bpDelay not, ^bqfor your own sake, O my God, because ^bryour city and ^bsyour people are called by your name.”

Zechariah 7:5

5 “Say to all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in ^btthe fifth month and in ^buthe seventh, for these ^bvseventy years, ^bwwas it ^bxfor me that you fasted?