Bible Verses About Fasting
Verses about the spiritual discipline of fasting, seeking God through prayer and abstinence.
Fasting is one of the most ancient and powerful spiritual disciplines — and one of the most misunderstood. Jesus assumed His disciples would fast; He said 'when you fast,' not 'if.' Isaiah describes the fast God chose: not religious performance, but liberation of the oppressed and feeding of the hungry. These Bible verses on fasting will help you understand what fasting is for, how to practice it privately before God, and what breakthroughs it opens. It is not about earning God's favor — it is about clearing noise so you can hear His voice.
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
More Verses for Fasting
“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. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 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.”
Matthew 6:16-18
“Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?”
Isaiah 58:6
“Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:”
Joel 2:12
“And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.”
Acts 13:3
“Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”
Matthew 17:21
“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:”
Nehemiah 1:4
“Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.”
Isaiah 58:8
“But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face.”
Matthew 6:17
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