Fasts in the Bible

Person/Group : Length : Reference

  1. Joshua : Forty days : Exodus 24:13-18, 32:15-17
  2. Moses : Forty days : Deuteronomy 9:9, 18, 25-29, 10:10
  3. Israel : One day : Judges 20:26-35
  4. Israel : Seven days : 1 Samuel 31:13
  5. David : One day : 2 Samuel 1:12, 3:35
  6. David : Seven days : 2 Samuel 12:16-23
  7. David : Unknown : Psalm 35:13, 69:10, 109:24
  8. Elijah : Forty days : 1 Kings 19:7-18
  9. Ahab : Unknown : 1 Kings 21:27-29
  10. Judah : Unknown : 2 Chronicles 20:1-25; Ezra 8:21-23
  11. Judah : One day : Nehemiah 9:1-4; Jeremiah 36:6
  12. Ezra Unknown : Ezra 10:6-17
  13. Nehemiah : Unknown : Nehemiah 1:4 - 2:10
  14. Jews : Unknown : Esther 4:1-3, 9:1-3
  15. Esther : Three days : Esther 4:13-16, 5:1, 9:3
  16. Mordecai : Three days : Esther 4:13-16, 5: 1, 9
  17. Darius : One night : Daniel 6:18-24
  18. Daniel : One day : Daniel 9:3, 20-27
  19. Daniel : Twenty one days : Daniel 10:3-13
  20. Nineveh People : Unknown : Jonah 3
  21. Jesus : Forty days : Matthew 4:1-11
  22. John's Disciples : Unknown : Matthew 9:14-15
  23. Many people : Three days : Matthew 15:32-39
  24. Anna : Unknown : Luke 2:37
  25. Pharisee : One day : Luke 18:9-14
  26. Antioch Church : Unknown : Acts 13:1-5
  27. Paul : Three days : Acts 9:9, 17
  28. Paul : Unknown : Acts 27:9-11; 2 Corinthians 6:5, 11:27
  29. Cornelius : Unknown : Acts 10
  30. Many churches : Unknown : Acts 14:23
  31. Paul and 276 men : Fourteen days : Acts 27:33-34

From The Power of Prayer and Fasting by Marilyn Hickey

Last update on 12/5/07
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