2 Chronicles 20:3
3Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face ato seek the Lord, and bproclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.Ezra 8:21
Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 cThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river dAhava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, eto seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.Joel 1:14
14 fConsecrate a fast;gcall a solemn assembly.
Gather hthe elders
and iall the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
Joel 2:15
15 jBlow the trumpet in Zion;kconsecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
Jonah 3:5
5 lAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. mThey called for a fast and nput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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