Lev 16:29, 31, 1Ki 21:27-29, Isa 58:3, 5, Mat 9:14-15 | ESV | STEP | And it shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month , on the tenth day of the month , you shall afflict yourselves and shall do no work , either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

29 “And it shall be a statute to you forever that ^ain the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall ^bafflict yourselves ^{▼▼Or shall fast; also verse 31} and shall do no work, either ^dthe native or the stranger who sojourns among you.

Leviticus 16:31

31 ^eIt is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall ^fafflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

1 Kings 21:27-29

27 And when Ahab heard those words, he ^gtore his clothes and ^hput sackcloth on his flesh and ⁱfasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; ^jbut in his son’s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

Isaiah 58:3

3 ^k‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not?
Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’
Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, ^{▼▼Or pursue your own business}
^mand oppress all your workers.

Isaiah 58:5

5 ⁿIs such the fast that I choose,
^oa day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?

Matthew 9:14-15

A Question About Fasting

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