Fasts

A commanded day of affliction, repentance, and cleansing.

Citywide fasting in response to warning and repentance.

A prophetic call to communal repentance.

A communal fast tied to repentance and renewed allegiance.

Fasting in shock and sorrow over covenant unfaithfulness.

A post-exile communal fast with confession and scripture.

Fasting paired with confession and pleading for mercy.

Partial fasting associated with mourning and seeking understanding.

Fasting in response to national ruin.

Fasting with weeping and sacrifice after devastating loss.

A mourning fast after Saul's death.

A fast seeking protection and guidance.

Fasting for guidance and commissioning.

A prolonged fast during covenant revelation.

A desperate fast before approaching the king.

A nationwide fast proclaimed in fear and dependence during invasion threat.

Fasting during intercession and grief.

A three-day fast in blindness and shock after encountering Christ.

A sustained fast during flight and restoration.

A forty-day fast in preparation, tested by temptation.

Fasting as a response to absence and waiting.

A life marked by worship with fasting and prayer.

A fast criticised for injustice and hypocrisy.

Routine fasting criticised for display.