Dan 9:3, Mat 6:16, 9:14-15, Luk 2:37, Act 10:30, 13:3, 1Cor 7:5, 2Cor 6:5, 11:27 | ESV | STEP | Then I turned my face to the Lord God , seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes .

Daniel 9:3

3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ^aprayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 6:16

Fasting

16 “And ^bwhen you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. ^cTruly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 9:14-15

A Question About Fasting

14 Then ^dthe disciples of John came to him, saying, ^e“Why do we and ^fthe Pharisees fast, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add much, or often} but your disciples do not fast?” 15 And Jesus said to them, ^h“Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? ⁱThe days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and ^jthen they will fast.

Luke 2:37

37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. ^{▼▼Or as a widow for eighty-four years} She did not depart from the temple, ^lworshiping with ^mfasting and prayer night and day.

Acts 10:30

30 And Cornelius said, ⁿ“Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at ^othe ninth hour, ^{▼▼That is, 3 p.m.} and behold, ^qa man stood before me in bright clothing

Acts 13:3

3 Then after fasting and ^rpraying they laid their hands on them and ^ssent them off.

1 Corinthians 7:5

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

2 Corinthians 6:5

5 ^vbeatings, imprisonments, ^wriots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger;

2 Corinthians 11:27

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