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Keywords: FASTING,FORTY
Description: Exodus 24:18
NET Translation: Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
DARBY Translation: And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
KJV Translation: And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Keywords: COMMUNION,COVENANT,DECALOGUE,FASTING,FORTY,LAW
Description: Exodus 34:28
NET Translation: So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
DARBY Translation: And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread, and drank no water. And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten words.
KJV Translation: And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandmentsK491.
Keywords: COVENANT,FASTING,FORTY,STONES,TABLE
Description: Deuteronomy 9:9
NET Translation: When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.
DARBY Translation: when I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, and I abode in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water,
KJV Translation: When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
Keywords: ANGER,FASTING,INTERCESSION,PRAYER,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Deuteronomy 9:18
NET Translation: Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.
DARBY Translation: And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
KJV Translation: And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Keywords: CHURCH,FASTING,TABERNACLE
Description: Judges 20:26
NET Translation: So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up and came to Bethel, and wept, and abode there before Jehovah, and fasted that day until even, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Keywords: FASTING,JUDGE,WATER
Description: 1 Samuel 7:6
NET Translation: After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
DARBY Translation: And they gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Jehovah, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
KJV Translation: And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured [it] out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
Keywords: BURIAL,FASTING,MOURNING,SEVEN
Description: 1 Samuel 31:13
NET Translation: They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.
DARBY Translation: And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
KJV Translation: And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Keywords: FASTING,JONATHAN,MOURNING
Description: 2 Samuel 1:12
NET Translation: They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s army, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
DARBY Translation: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
KJV Translation: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
Keywords: FASTING,MOURNING,OATH
Description: 2 Samuel 3:35
NET Translation: Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”
DARBY Translation: And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread or aught else till the sun be down!
KJV Translation: And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CHILDREN,FASTING,MOURNING,PARENTS,SEVEN
Description: 2 Samuel 12:16
NET Translation: Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground.
DARBY Translation: And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
KJV Translation: David therefore besought God for the child; and David fastedK1589, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
Keywords: ELIJAH,FASTING,FORTY,HOREB
Description: 1 Kings 19:8
NET Translation: So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
DARBY Translation: And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
KJV Translation: And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Keywords: SLANDER
Description: 1 Kings 21:9
NET Translation: This is what she wrote: “Observe a time of FASTING and seat Naboth in front of the people.
DARBY Translation: And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and setD2206 Naboth at the head of the people;
KJV Translation: And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the peopleK1972:
Description: 1 Kings 21:12
NET Translation: They observed a time of FASTING and put Naboth in front of the people.
DARBY Translation: they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
KJV Translation: They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,FASTING,REPENTANCE
Description: 1 Kings 21:27
NET Translation: When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Keywords: FASTING,JABESH-GILEAD
Description: 1 Chronicles 10:12
NET Translation: all the warriors went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their remains under the oak tree in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
DARBY Translation: all the valiant men arose, and took up the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth of Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
KJV Translation: They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Keywords: BATTLE,FASTING,GOD,REVERENCE,RULERS
Description: 2 Chronicles 20:3
NET Translation: Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord’s advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast.
DARBY Translation: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
KJV Translation: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himselfK2599to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Keywords: AHAVA,BLESSING,CHILDREN,EZRA,FASTING,HUMILIATION AND SELF-AFFLICTION,PRAYER
Description: Ezra 8:21
NET Translation: I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property.
DARBY Translation: And I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humbleD2704 ourselves before our God, to seek of him a rightD2705 way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
KJV Translation: Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Keywords: COURAGE,FASTING,GOD,PRAYER
Description: Ezra 8:23
NET Translation: So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.
DARBY Translation: And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
KJV Translation: So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Keywords: FASTING,JOHANAN
Description: Ezra 10:6
NET Translation: Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.
DARBY Translation: And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.
KJV Translation: Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Keywords: FASTING,INTERCESSION,NATION,PATRIOTISM,PRAYER
Description: Nehemiah 1:4
NET Translation: When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued FASTING and praying before the God of heaven.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned [certain] days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Keywords: PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,NEHEMIAH,FASTING,REPENTANCE
Description: Nehemiah 9:1
NET Translation: On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were FASTING and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.
DARBY Translation: And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with FASTING, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
KJV Translation: Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with FASTING, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Verse Intro: People of Israel Confess Sins and Worship
Keywords: FASTING,PRAYER,SIN
Description: Nehemiah 9:2
NET Translation: Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
DARBY Translation: And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
KJV Translation: And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangersK2902, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Keywords: ASHES
Description: Esther 4:3
NET Translation: Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with FASTING, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.
DARBY Translation: And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and FASTING, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
KJV Translation: And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and FASTING, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,COURAGE,DECISION,FASTING,RESIGNATION,SELF-DENIAL,SHUSHAN (SUSA)
Description: Esther 4:16
NET Translation: “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast on my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish.”
DARBY Translation: Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.
KJV Translation: Go, gather together all the Jews that are presentK2998in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Description: Esther 9:31
NET Translation: to establish these days of Purim in their proper times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, and just as they had established both for themselves and their descendants, matters pertaining to FASTING and lamentation.
DARBY Translation: to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the FASTINGs and their cry.
KJV Translation: To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselvesK3037and for their seed, the matters of the FASTINGs and their cry.
Keywords: FASTING,FRIENDSHIP
Description: Psalms 35:13
NET Translation: When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered.)
DARBY Translation: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with FASTING, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:
KJV Translation: But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbledK3611my soul with FASTING; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
Keywords: FASTING,MALICE,PERSECUTION,REPENTANCE
Description: Psalms 69:10
NET Translation: I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.
DARBY Translation: And I wept, my soul was FASTING: that also was to my reproach;
KJV Translation: When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with FASTING, that was to my reproach.
Keywords: FASTING,INGRATITUDE,PRAYERFULNESS
Description: Psalms 109:4
NET Translation: They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
DARBY Translation: For my love they are mine adversariesD3913; but I [give myself unto] prayer.
KJV Translation: For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.
Keywords: FASTING
Description: Psalms 109:24
NET Translation: I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.
DARBY Translation: My knees are failing through FASTING, and my flesh hath lost its fatness;
KJV Translation: My knees are weak through FASTING; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
Keywords: FASTING,PRESUMPTION,UNBELIEF
Description: Isaiah 58:3
NET Translation: They lament, ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers.
DARBY Translation: Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your laboursD5086.
KJV Translation: Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your laboursK4984.
Keywords: STRIFE
Description: Isaiah 58:4
NET Translation: Look, your FASTING is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven.
DARBY Translation: Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
KJV Translation: Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Keywords: BULRUSH
Description: Isaiah 58:5
NET Translation: Is this really the kind of FASTING I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord?
DARBY Translation: Is such the fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict his soul, that he should bow down his head as a bulrush, and spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? Wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to Jehovah?
KJV Translation: Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul?K4990[is it] to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes [under him]? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Keywords: FASTING,FORMALISM,OFFERINGS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Jeremiah 14:12
NET Translation: Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues.”
DARBY Translation: When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer up burnt-offering and oblation, I will not accept them: for I will consume them by sword, and by famine, and by pestilence.
KJV Translation: When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Keywords: CHURCH,GOD,WORD OF GOD
Description: Jeremiah 36:6
NET Translation: So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast in the Lord’s temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll.
DARBY Translation: and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in the house of Jehovah upon the fast day; and thou shalt also read them in the ears of all Judah that come from their cities.
KJV Translation: Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the FASTING day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Keywords: FASTING,MONTH
Description: Jeremiah 36:9
NET Translation: All the people living in Jerusalem and all the people who came into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah observed a fast before the Lord. The fast took place in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, [that] they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, for all the people in Jerusalem, and for all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, [that] they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Keywords: CONVICTION,FASTING,INSOMNIA,PALACE
Description: Daniel 6:18
NET Translation: Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.
DARBY Translation: Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night FASTING; neither were concubinesD6022 brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
KJV Translation: Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night FASTING: neither were instruments of musicK5947k brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Keywords: ASHES,FASTING,INTERCESSION,NATION,PRAYER,SACKCLOTH,SEEKERS
Description: Daniel 9:3
NET Translation: So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with FASTING, sackcloth, and ashes.
DARBY Translation: And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with FASTING, and sackcloth, and ashes;
KJV Translation: And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with FASTING, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Keywords: DANIEL,VISION,FASTING
Description: Daniel 10:1
NET Translation: In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision.
DARBY Translation: In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing is true, but the appointed time of trialD6075 is long; and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
KJV Translation: In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] longK5991: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Verse Intro: Daniel's Vision of a Man
Keywords: FASTING
Description: Daniel 10:2
NET Translation: In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks.
DARBY Translation: In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeksD6076:
KJV Translation: In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeksK5992.
Keywords: ANOINTING,FASTING,SELF-DENIAL,WINE
Description: Daniel 10:3
NET Translation: I ate no choice food, no meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks.
DARBY Translation: I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three full weeks were fulfilled.
KJV Translation: I ate no pleasant breadK5993, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Keywords: FASTING,GOVERNMENT,REPENTANCE,WORSHIP
Description: Joel 1:14
NET Translation: Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the eldersD6223, [and] all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assemblyK6144, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
Keywords: FASTING,NATION,REPENTANCE,SEEKERS,WEEPING
Description: Joel 2:12
NET Translation: “Yet even now,” the Lord says, “return to me with all your heart—with FASTING, weeping, and mourning.
DARBY Translation: Yet even now, saithD6228 Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with FASTING, and with weeping, and with mourning;
KJV Translation: Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with FASTING, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Verse Intro: A Call to Return to the Lord
Keywords: FASTING,GOD,RENDING,REPENTANCE,SEEKERS
Description: Joel 2:13
NET Translation: Tear your hearts, not just your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love—often relenting from calamitous punishment.
DARBY Translation: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindnessD6229, and repenteth him of the evil.
KJV Translation: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Keywords: FAITH,FASTING,HEATHEN,OBEDIENCE,REPENTANCE
Description: Jonah 3:5
NET Translation: The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
DARBY Translation: And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
KJV Translation: So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Keywords: MONTH,PROPHECY,ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAS)
Description: Zechariah 7:1
NET Translation: In King Darius’ fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, the Lord’s message came to Zechariah.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chislev,
KJV Translation: And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, [that] the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth [day] of the ninth month, [even] in Chisleu;
Verse Intro: FASTING as a Ritual is Ineffective - Genuine Obedience Needed
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: Zechariah 7:3
NET Translation: by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies and the prophets, “Should we weep in the fifth month, FASTING as we have done over the years?”
DARBY Translation: [and] to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years?
KJV Translation: [And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Keywords: FASTING,HYPOCRISY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SEVENTY
Description: Zechariah 7:5
NET Translation: “Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: ‘When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me—for me, indeed?
DARBY Translation: Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye really fast unto me, [even] unto me?
KJV Translation: Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?
Keywords: FASTING,FEASTS,PEACE,TRUTH
Description: Zechariah 8:19
NET Translation: “The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.’
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth [month] and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful gatherings. Love ye then truth and peace.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feastsK6476; therefore love the truth and peace.
Keywords: FASTING,HOLY SPIRIT,JESUS THE CHRIST,SATAN,TEMPTATION,WILDERNESS
Description: Matthew 4:1
NET Translation: Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
DARBY Translation: Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:
KJV Translation: Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Verse Intro: The Temptation of Jesus
Keywords: FASTING,FORTY,HUNGER
Description: Matthew 4:2
NET Translation: After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished.
DARBY Translation: and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
KJV Translation: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Keywords: HYPOCRISY,PRAYER
Description: Matthew 6:5
NET Translation: “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward!
DARBY Translation: And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets so that they should appear to men. Verily I say unto you, They haveD6683 their reward.
KJV Translation: “And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites” [are]: “for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”
Verse Intro: Kingdom Standard - Praying and FASTING
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,FACE,FASTING,HYPOCRISY,PHARISEES
Description: Matthew 6:16
NET Translation: “When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them FASTING. I tell you the truth, they have their reward!
DARBY Translation: And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear FASTING to men: verily I say unto you, They haveD6687 their reward.
KJV Translation: “Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”
Keywords: ABLUTION
Description: Matthew 6:17
NET Translation: When you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
DARBY Translation: But *thou*, [when] FASTING, anoint thy head and wash thy face,
KJV Translation: “But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;”
Keywords: GOD
Description: Matthew 6:18
NET Translation: so that it will not be obvious to others when you are FASTING, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
DARBY Translation: so that thou mayest not appear FASTING unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render [it] to thee.
KJV Translation: “That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”
Keywords: DISCIPLE,FASTING,PHARISEES
Description: Matthew 9:14
NET Translation: Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
DARBY Translation: Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?
KJV Translation: Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Verse Intro: FASTING is for when the Bridgroom is not Present - The New Way is Superior
Keywords: BRIDEGROOM,FASTING,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Matthew 9:15
NET Translation: Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.
DARBY Translation: And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.
KJV Translation: And Jesus said unto them, “Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,MIRACLES
Description: Matthew 15:32
NET Translation: Then Jesus called his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way.”
DARBY Translation: But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away FASTING lestD6799 they should faint on the way.
KJV Translation: Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away FASTING, lest they faint in the way.”
Verse Intro: Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand (4,000)"""
Keywords: FASTING
Description: Matthew 17:21
NET Translation: ***Verse not present in NET Bible translation***
DARBY Translation: But this kind does not go out but by prayer and FASTING.
KJV Translation: “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and FASTING.”
Keywords: FASTING,JESUS THE CHRIST,WILDERNESS
Description: Mark 1:12
NET Translation: The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.
DARBY Translation: And immediately the Spirit drives him out into the wilderness.
KJV Translation: And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
Verse Intro: The Temptation of Jesus
Keywords: ANGEL (a spirit),ANIMALS,FASTING,JESUS THE CHRIST,SATAN,WILDERNESS
Description: Mark 1:13
NET Translation: He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.
DARBY Translation: And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministeredD6969 to him.
KJV Translation: And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Keywords: FASTING
Description: Mark 2:18
NET Translation: Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were FASTING. So they came to Jesus and said, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”
DARBY Translation: And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were FASTING; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and [the disciples] of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
KJV Translation: And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
Verse Intro: FASTING is for when the Bridgroom is not Present - The New Way is Superior
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Mark 8:3
NET Translation: If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance.”
DARBY Translation: and if I should dismiss them to their home FASTING, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far.
KJV Translation: “And if I send them away FASTING to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.”
Keywords: DEMONS,POWER,PRAYER
Description: Mark 9:29
NET Translation: He told them, “This kind can come out only by prayer.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and FASTING.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, “This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and FASTING.”
Keywords: ANNA,FASTING,LONGEVITY,OLD AGE,PRAYER,PRAYERFULNESS,RELIGION,TEMPLE,WIDOW,WOMEN
Description: Luke 2:37
NET Translation: She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with FASTING and prayer night and day.
DARBY Translation: and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple,D7207 serving night and day with FASTINGs and prayers;
KJV Translation: And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with FASTINGs and prayers night and day.
Keywords: FASTING,JESUS THE CHRIST,SATAN,TEMPTATION,TRINITY,WILDERNESS
Description: Luke 4:1
NET Translation: Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,
DARBY Translation: But Jesus, full of [the] Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led byD7218 the Spirit in the wilderness
KJV Translation: And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
Verse Intro: The Temptation of Jesus
Keywords: FASTING,HUNGER,SATAN
Description: Luke 4:2
NET Translation: where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished.
DARBY Translation: forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
KJV Translation: Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Keywords: JOHN
Description: Luke 5:33
NET Translation: Then they said to him, “John’s disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”
DARBY Translation: And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?
KJV Translation: And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Verse Intro: FASTING is for when the Bridgroom is not Present - The New Way is Superior
Keywords: CONCEIT,FASTING,HYPOCRISY,PHARISEES,PRESUMPTION,TITHES
Description: Luke 18:12
NET Translation: I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’
DARBY Translation: I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gainD7375.
KJV Translation: “I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”
Keywords: BLINDNESS,FASTING
Description: Acts 9:9
NET Translation: For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything.
DARBY Translation: And he was three days without seeing, and neither ate nor drank.
KJV Translation: And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Keywords: ANGEL (a spirit),FASTING,PRAYER
Description: Acts 10:30
NET Translation: Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me
DARBY Translation: And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been [FASTING] unto this hour, and the ninth [I was] praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
KJV Translation: And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was FASTING until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Keywords: CALL,FASTING,GENTILES,HOLY SPIRIT,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MISSIONS,PAUL
Description: Acts 13:2
NET Translation: While they were serving the Lord and FASTING, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
DARBY Translation: And as they were ministering to the Lord and FASTING, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
KJV Translation: As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Keywords: CALL,CHURCH,FASTING,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PAUL
Description: Acts 13:3
NET Translation: Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.
DARBY Translation: Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.
KJV Translation: And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands on them, they sent [them] away.
Keywords: CHURCH,ELDER,FASTING,LYSTRA,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: Acts 14:23
NET Translation: When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and FASTING they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.
DARBY Translation: And having chosen them elders in each assembly, having prayed with FASTINGs, they committed them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
KJV Translation: And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with FASTING, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Keywords: ATONEMENT,FASTING,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,PAUL,SHIP
Description: Acts 27:9
NET Translation: Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them,
DARBY Translation: And much time having now been spent, and navigation being already dangerous, because the fast also was already past, Paul counselled them,
KJV Translation: Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],
Verse Intro: Paul's Advice Ignored and the Ship Is Caught in a Storm
Keywords: FASTING
Description: Acts 27:33
NET Translation: As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing.
DARBY Translation: And while it was drawing on to daylight, Paul exhorted them all to partake of food, saying, Ye have passed the fourteenth day watching in expectation without taking food.
KJV Translation: And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them] all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued FASTING, having taken nothing.
Keywords: FASTING
Description: Acts 27:34
NET Translation: Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head.”
DARBY Translation: Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.
KJV Translation: Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
Keywords: FASTING,HUSBAND,SATAN,TEMPTATION
Description: 1 Corinthians 7:5
NET Translation: Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
DARBY Translation: DefraudD8263 not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
KJV Translation: Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to FASTING and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Keywords: FASTING,PAUL,PERSECUTION,PRISONERS,STRIPES
Description: 2 Corinthians 6:5
NET Translation: in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
DARBY Translation: in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in FASTINGs,
KJV Translation: In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumultsK6969, in labours, in watchings, in FASTINGs;
Keywords: FASTING
Description: 2 Corinthians 11:27
NET Translation: in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.
DARBY Translation: in labour and toilD8499, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in FASTINGs often, in cold and nakedness.
KJV Translation: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in FASTINGs often, in cold and nakedness.