From Nave’s Topical Bible
Fasting
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 63Passages listed
- 24Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Observed on occasions of public calamities2 Samuel 1:12
- AfflictionsPsalms 35:13Daniel 6:18
- Private afflictions2 Samuel 12:16
- Approaching dangerEsther 4:16
- Ordination of ministersActs 13:3Acts 14:23
- Accompanied by prayerDaniel 9:3
- Confession of sin1 Samuel 7:6Nehemiah 9:1Nehemiah 9:2
- HumiliationDeuteronomy 9:18Nehemiah 9:1
- During forty days
- MosesDeuteronomy 9:9Deuteronomy 9:18
- JesusMatthew 4:1Matthew 4:2Mark 1:12Mark 1:13Luke 4:1Luke 4:2
- Habitual
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- By John's disciplesMatthew 9:14
- By AnnaLuke 2:37
- By PhariseesMatthew 9:14Mark 2:18Luke 18:12
- By CorneliusActs 10:30
- By Paul2 Corinthians 6:52 Corinthians 11:27
- In times of bereavement
- Of the people of Jabesh-gilead, for Saul and his sons1 Samuel 31:131 Chronicles 10:12
- Of David, at the time of Saul's death2 Samuel 1:12
- Of Abner's death2 Samuel 3:35
- Prolonged
- For three weeks, by DanielDaniel 10:2Daniel 10:3
- For forty days, by MosesExodus 24:18Exodus 34:28Deuteronomy 9:9Deuteronomy 9:18
- Elijah1 Kings 19:8
- JesusMatthew 4:2
- See Humiliation
- See Humility
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOEzra 8:21–23Psalms 35:13Psalms 69:10Isaiah 58:3–7Jeremiah 14:12Daniel 10:3Joel 1:14Joel 2:12Joel 2:13Zechariah 7:5Zechariah 8:19Matthew 6:16–18Matthew 9:14Matthew 9:15Matthew 17:21Acts 27:9Acts 27:33Acts 27:341 Corinthians 7:5
- INSTANCES OF
- Of the Israelites
- In the conflict between the other tribes with the tribe of Benjamin, on account of the wrong suffered by a Levite's concubineJudges 20:26
- When they went to Mizpeh for the ark of the covenant1 Samuel 7:6
- Of David
- Upon the death of Saul2 Samuel 1:12
- During the sickness of the child born to him by Bath-sheba2 Samuel 12:16–22
- While interceding in prayer for his friendsPsalms 35:13
- In his zeal for ZionPsalms 69:10
- In prayer for himself and his adversariesPsalms 109:4Psalms 109:24
- Of Ahab, when Elijah prophesied the destruction of himself and his house with 20:291 Kings 21:27
- Of Jehoshaphat, at the time of the invasion of the confederated armies of the Canaanites and Syrians2 Chronicles 20:3
- Of Ezra, on account of the idolatrous marriages of the JewsEzra 10:6
- Of Nehemiah, on account of the desolation of Jerusalem and the templeNehemiah 1:4
- Of the Jews, when Jeremiah prophesied against Judea and JerusalemJeremiah 36:9
- In Babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidanceEzra 8:21Ezra 8:23
- Of Darius, when he put Daniel in the lions' denDaniel 6:18
- Of Daniel
- On account of the captivity of the people, with prayer for their deliveranceDaniel 9:3
- At the time of his visionDaniel 10:1–3
- Ninevites, when Jonah preached to themJonah 3:5–10
- By Paul, at the time of his conversionActs 9:9
- Of the disciples, at the time of the consecration of Barnabas and SaulActs 13:2Acts 13:3
- Of the consecration of the eldersActs 14:23
The passages, in Bible order (63)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 24:18
Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Commentary on Exodus 24:182 voices
If, then, any one desires to see this Image of God, he must love God, that he may be loved by God; and be no longer a servant but a friend, because he has kept the commandments of God, that he may enter into the cloud where God is.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus 2.110, 397Patristic
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 34:28
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Commentary on Exodus 34:281 voice
And like this holy man the blessed Moses also was twice deemed worthy to go unto the thick darkness and to receive the law upon the tablets; and he was made pure by fasting like unto this, and then he was deemed worthy of the …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence, 523Patristic
- Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:91 voice
Every form of nourishment is called "bread" in the Scriptures. This is clear from what is written concerning Moses: for forty days he neither ate "bread" nor drank water. The word that nourishes is multidimensional and varied. Not everyone can receive the solid and strong nourishment of God's teachings. Therefore, wishing to give an athlete's nourishment suitable to the more perfect, [Christ] says, "The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
Origen of Alexandria· ON PRAYER 27.4, 253Patristic
- Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 9:181 voice
And I fell down before the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 20:26
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Commentary on Judges 20:262 voices
In the first and second encounters, when many were harmed by a few, the Israelites considered yielding, since the battles were so unfavorable. There were four hundred thousand men warring against twenty-five thousand of the tribe of Benjamin, and they strove with seven hundred Gabanites [Gibeonites] experienced in war. When two battles were unfavorable, Israel with eager spirit did not lose hope of victory nor of vengeance for the hope they had fostered.
Ambrose of Milan· LETTER 33, 397Patristic
Then all the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came unto the house of God,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 7:6
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 7:61 voice
At one time the Hebrew people and all the Israelite tribes, because of the offensiveness of their sins, were held under the heavy domination of the Philistines. In order to be able to overcome their enemies, as the sacred history shows, they restored strength of soul and body with a self-imposed fast. They had judged rightly that they deserved that hard and wretched subjection because of neglect of God's commandments and the corruption of their lives, and that in vain did they fight with weapons unless they had first made war on their sins.
Leo the Great· SERMON 39 (RECENSION A) 1.2, 461Patristic
- 1 Samuel 31:13
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 31:131 voice
And they fasted for seven days. Literally and rightly for the dead, so that they may reach rest, it is fasted for seven days, which after the six ages of this world, in which we labor in the flesh, the seventh is in that world …
Bede· Commentary on Samuel, 735Patristic
- 2 Samuel 1:12
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:121 voice
And they mourned and wept,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 3:35
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:351 voice
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 12:16
David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 12:162 voices
How particularly difficult it is to atone for the evil deed of handing over the name of the Lord to the blasphemy of the heathen, we are instructed by the example of the most blessed David who, because of the intercession of his acts of …
Salvian the Presbyter· THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 4.18, 500Patristic
David therefore besought God for the child,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 19:8
So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:82 voices
And so also Elijah, after his fast of forty days and forty nights, received the sight of God in Mount Horeb, and he was alone in the wilderness, and in addition to the protracted fast he bore also the labour of the journey of the …
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 11 -- On Abstinence, 523Patristic
"The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him and said, 'Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.' " Elijah was sleeping under a tree. Now an angel came to him and woke him up (sleep was …
Ephrem the Syrian· ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 19:4, 373Patristic
- 1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
Commentary on 1 Kings 21:271 voice
The rich become angry and slander in order to harm, if they do not obtain what they desire. However, when they have harmed through slander, they pretend to be sorry: yet they go forth sad and mournful, not in their hearts but in their appearance, and they seize the place of the property they have seized by their unfairness.
Ambrose of Milan· On Naboth the Jezreelite 11.47, 397Patristic
- 1 Chronicles 10:12
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:31 voice
And Jehoshaphat feared,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezra 8:21–23
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
Commentary on Ezra 8:21–231 voice
And I proclaimed there a fast, etc. An example of fasting and praying, when we want to commence something of great virtue: and because the faithful hope in the Lord never fails, nor can it happen that we do not obtain what we justly seek …
Bede· Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, 735Patristic
- Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
Commentary on Ezra 8:231 voice
So we fasted, and besought our God for this,.... Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in it: and he was entreated of us; accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, so that they came safe to Jerusalem.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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