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BIBLICAL FASTS
Scripture Reference Guide

TOTAL FAST (NO FOOD OR WATER)
Exodus 34:28
Deuteronomy 9:9
Deuteronomy 9:18
Esther 4:16
Acts 9:9
Ezra 10:6
Daniel 9:18
2 Samuel 12:16
Judges 20:26
Jonah 3:7

NORMAL FAST (NO FOOD, WATER ALLOWED)
Matthew 4:2
Luke 4:2
Matthew 6:16–18
Luke 18:12
Acts 13:2–3
Acts 14:23
Nehemiah 1:4
1 Kings 21:27
Psalm 35:13
Daniel 6:18

PARTIAL FAST
Daniel 1:12
Daniel 1:15
Daniel 10:2–3
Romans 14:2
Genesis 32:24
2 Samuel 3:35
Judges 20:26
Ezra 8:21
Nehemiah 9:1
Joel 2:12

CORPORATE FAST (COMMUNAL FAST)
Joel 2:15–16
Esther 4:16
Nehemiah 9:1
Judges 20:26
2 Chronicles 20:3–4
Ezra 8:21–23
Jonah 3:5
Acts 13:2–3
Acts 14:23
Jeremiah 36:9

NATIONAL FAST
2 Chronicles 20:3–4
Esther 4:16
Ezra 8:21
Nehemiah 9:1–2
Joel 1:14
Joel 2:12–15
Jonah 3:5–8
Judges 20:26
Jeremiah 36:6–9
Daniel 9:3

FAST FOR REPENTANCE
Joel 2:12–13
Jonah 3:5–10
Nehemiah 9:1–3
1 Samuel 7:6
Ezra 10:6
Daniel 9:3–5
Psalm 35:13
2 Chronicles 7:14
Judges 20:26
Isaiah 55:6–7

FAST FOR GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION
Acts 13:2–3
Acts 14:23
Ezra 8:21–23
Judges 20:26–28
Nehemiah 1:4–11
2 Chronicles 20:3–12
Daniel 9:3
Psalm 25:4–5
Proverbs 3:5–6
James 1:5

FAST FOR DELIVERANCE
Esther 4:16
2 Chronicles 20:3–22
Ezra 8:21–23
Judges 20:26
Psalm 109:24
Daniel 6:18–23
Jonah 3:5–10
Nehemiah 9:1–2
Acts 12:5
Isaiah 58:6

FAST FOR HUMILITY
Psalm 69:10
Ezra 8:21
Nehemiah 9:1
2 Chronicles 20:3
Daniel 9:3
Matthew 6:16–18
James 4:10
1 Kings 21:27
Psalm 35:13
Micah 6:8

FAST FOR SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGH
Isaiah 58:6–12
Daniel 10:2–14
Matthew 17:21
Mark 9:29
Acts 13:2–3
2 Chronicles 20:3–22
Ezra 8:21–23
Joel 2:12–13
Psalm 107:13–14
Zechariah 8:19