Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the L
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or da
However, some good is found in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart on seek
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a saf
to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to th
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul an
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted unt
So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem t
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.