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- "EZRA 8:21-23"
- "21- Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict"
- " ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our"
- " little ones, and for all our substance."
- "22- For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to"
- " help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king"
- " saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his"
- " power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him."
- "23- So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us."
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- "II CHR. 15:2, 20:3, 33:13, LEV. 16:29, 23:29, ISA. 19:22, 58:3,5, I COR. 9:15"
- "EZRA 7:6,9,28, PSA. 5:8, 33:18, 34:15,16"
- "II CHRONICLES 20:1-3"
- "1- It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children"
- " of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat"
- " to battle."
- "2- Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great"
- " multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold,"
- " they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi."
- "3- And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed"
- " a fast throughout all Judah."
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- "GEN. 14:7, JOSH. 15:62, JONAH 3:5"
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- "II SAMUEL 12:15-19"
- "15- And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that"
- " Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick."
- "16- David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and"
- " went in, and lay all night upon the earth."
- "17- And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from"
- " the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them."
- "18- And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died, And the"
- " servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said"
- " Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not"
- " hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself,"
- " if we tell him that the child is dead?"
- "19- But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the"
- " child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead?"
- " And they said, He is dead."
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- "GEN. 4:7, JOB 7:8,9, AMOS 3:2, ISA. 26:16, 38:1,5 JER. 18:8,"
- " Verse Continued"
- "II SAMUEL 12:20-23"
- "20- Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and"
- " changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped:"
- " then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread"
- " before him, and he did eat."
- "21- Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done?"
- " thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the"
- " child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread."
- "22- And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said,"
- " Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?"
- "23- But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again?"
- " I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."
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- "II SAM. 13:31, RUTH 3:3, PSA. 95:6-8, 103:1,8-17, PROV. 3:7, 16:6 LAM. 3:40,41"
- "JONAH 3:9 II COR. 5:1-8, HEB. 11:10, 13:14"
- "JONAH 3:1-7"
- "1- And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,"
- "2- Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the"
- " preaching that I bid thee."
- "3- So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord."
- " Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey."
- "4- And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried,"
- " and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
- "5- So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put"
- " on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them."
- "6- For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and"
- " he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes."
- "7- And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the"
- " decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast,"
- " herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water:"
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- "JONAH 3:8-10"
- "8- But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto"
- " God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the "
- " violence that is in their hands."
- "9- Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his"
- " fierce anger, that we perish not?"
- "10- And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God"
- " repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them;"
- " and he did it not."
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- "DEUT. 18:22, II CHR. 20:3, JOB 2:8, JOEL 2:15, ISA. 1:16"
- "MATT. 12:41, LUKE 11:32"
- "MATTHEW 4:2"
- "And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred."
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- "EX. 34:28"
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- "MATTHEW 6:16-18"
- "16- 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."
- "17- But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;"
- "18- 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."
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- "ISA. 58:5"
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- "MATTHEW 17:21"
- "Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting."
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