16 Bible Verses about Fasting And Prayer

But this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

And he said to them, this kind can be driven out by nothing but prayer and fasting.

And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, affecting a gloomy look: for they disfigure their visages, that they may make a shew of fasting to men. Verily I say unto you, That they have their reward.

But when thou keepest a fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Then having kept a fast and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them out.

Defraud not one another, except it may be by consent occasionally, that ye may have more leisure for fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

though she was now a widow, of about eighty-four years, who departed not from the temple, attending the divine service, with fastings and prayers night and day:

Then said they unto him, Why do the disciples of John observe frequent fasts, and make prayers; but thine are eating and drinking?

And as they were employed in the ministry, and kept a fast, the Holy Ghost said, Set apart for me now both Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

that thou mayest not make a shew of fasting to men, but to thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry.

Then came unto him disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees keep many fasts, but thy disciples fast not?

Then Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and, lo! a man stood before me in shining apparel,

I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess.

Then appointing them presbyters in every city, by prayer with fastings they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.

But we will devote ourselves constantly to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.