Fasting
Spirit of, explained -- Isa 58:6,7. Not to be made a subject of display -- Mt 6:16-18. Should be to God -- Zec 7:5; Mt 6:18. For the chastening of the soul -- Ps 69:10. For the humbling of the soul -- Ps 35:13. Observed on occasions of Judgments of God. -- Joe 1:14; 2:12. Public calamities. -- 2Sa 1:12. Afflictions of the Church. -- Lu 5:33-35. Afflictions of others. -- Ps 35:13; Da 6:18. Private afflictions. -- 2Sa 12:16. Approaching danger. -- Es 4:16. Ordination of ministers. -- Ac 13:3; 14:23. Accompanied by Prayer. -- Ezr 8:23; Da 9:3. Confession of sin. -- 1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2. Mourning. -- Joe 2:12. Humiliation. -- De 9:18; Ne 9:1. Promises connected with -- Isa 58:8-12; Mt 6:18. Of hypocrites Described. -- Isa 58:4,5. Ostentatious. -- Mt 6:16. Boasted of, before God. -- Lu 18:12. Rejected. -- Isa 58:3; Jer 14:12. Extraordinary Exemplified Our Lord. -- Mt 4:2. Moses. -- Ex 34:28; De 9:9,18. Elijah. -- 1Ki 19:8. National Exemplified Israel. -- Jdj 20:26; Ezr 8:21; Es 4:3,16; Jer 36:9. Men of Jabesh-gilead. -- 1Sa 31:13. Ninevites. -- Jon 3:5-8. Of Saints Exemplified David. -- 2Sa 12:16; Ps 109:24. Nehemiah. -- Ne 1:4. Esther. -- Es 4:16. Daniel. -- Da 9:3. Disciples of John. -- Mt 9:14. Anna. -- Lu 2:37. Cornelius. -- Ac 10:30. Christians. -- Ac 13:2. Apostles. -- 2Co 6:5. Paul. -- 2Co 11:27. Of the wicked -- Exemplified Elders of Jezreel. -- 1Ki 21:12. Ahab. -- 1Ki 21:27. Pharisees. -- Mr 2:18; Lu 18:12.