Ezr 8:21, 9:5, 10:6, Neh 1:4, 9:1, Est 4:1-3, 16, Psa 35:13, Dan 10:2-3 | ESV | STEP | Then I proclaimed a fast there , at the river Ahava , that we might humble ourselves before our God , to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children , and all our goods .

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

Ezra 9:5

5 And at the ^devening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garment ^eand my cloak torn, and fell upon my knees ^fand spread out my hands to the Lord my God,

Ezra 10:6

6 Then Ezra withdrew ^gfrom before the house of God and went to the ^hchamber of ⁱJehohanan the son of ^jEliashib, where he spent the night, ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew where he went} neither ^leating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.

Nehemiah 1:4

Nehemiah’s Prayer

4 As soon as I heard these words I ^msat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the ⁿGod of heaven.

Nehemiah 9:1

The People of Israel Confess Their Sin

1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of ^othis month the people of Israel were assembled ^pwith fasting ^qand in sackcloth, ^rand with earth on their heads.

Esther 4:1-3

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes ^sand put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, ^twith fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them ^ulay 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 ^vthree 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, ^wand if I perish, I perish.”

Psalms 35:13

13 But I, ^xwhen they were sick—
I ^ywore sackcloth;
I ^zafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^aawith head bowed ^{▼▼Or my prayer shall turn back} on my chest.

Daniel 10:2-3

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for ^acthree weeks. 3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I ^adanoint myself at all, for ^aethe full three weeks.