Fasting

Spirit of, explained Isaiah 58:6,7
Not to be made a subject of display Matthew 6:16-18
Should be to God Zechariah 7:5; Matthew 6:18
For the chastening of the soul Psalm 69:10
For the humbling of the soul Psalm 35:13
OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF
- Judgments of God Joel 1:14; 2:12
- Public calamities 2 Samuel 1:12
- Afflictions of the Church Luke 5:33-35
- Afflictions of others Psalm 35:13; Daniel 6:18
- Private afflictions 2 Samuel 12:16
- Approaching danger Esther 4:16
- Ordination of ministers Acts 13:3; 14:23
ACCOMPANIED BY
- Prayer Ezra 8:23; Daniel 9:3
- Confession of sin 1 Samuel 7:6; Nehemiah 9:1,2
- Mourning Joel 2:12
- Humiliation Deuteronomy 9:18; Nehemiah 9:1
Promises connected with Isaiah 58:8-12; Matthew 6:18
OF HYPOCRITES
- Described Isaiah 58:4,5
- Ostentatious Matthew 6:16
- Boasted of, before God Luke 18:12
- Rejected Isaiah 58:3; Jeremiah 14:12
Extraordinary Exemplified
- Our Lord Matthew 4:2
- Moses Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9,18
- Elijah 1 Kings 19:8
National Exemplified
- Israel Judges 20:26; Ezra 8:21; Esther 4:3,16; Jeremiah 36:9
- Men of Jabesh-gilead 1 Samuel 31:13
- Ninevites Jonah 3:5-8
Of Saints Exemplified
- David 2 Samuel 12:16; Psalm 109:24
- Nehemiah Nehemiah 1:4
- Esther Esther 4:16
- Daniel Daniel 9:3
- Disciples of John Matthew 9:14
- Anna Luke 2:37
- Cornelius Acts 10:30
- Christians Acts 13:2
- Apostles 2 Corinthians 6:5
- Paul 2 Corinthians 11:27
Of the wicked-Exemplified
- Elders of Jezreel 1 Kings 21:12
- Ahab 1 Kings 21:27
- Pharisees Mark 2:18; Luke 18:12

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