Act 13:2-3, 14:23, 1Cor 7:5, 2Cor 6:5, 11:27 | ESV | STEP | While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting , the Holy Spirit said , Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them .

Acts 13:2-3

2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, ^athe Holy Spirit said, ^b“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul ^cfor the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and ^dpraying they laid their hands on them and ^esent them off.

Acts 14:23

23 And when they had ^fappointed ^gelders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^hthey committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

5 ⁱDo not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, ^jso that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians 6:5

5 ^kbeatings, imprisonments, ^lriots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

2 Corinthians 11:27

27 ^min toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ⁿin hunger and thirst, often without food, ^{▼▼Or often in fasting} in cold and exposure.