Fasting and prayer are powerful spiritual disciplines that can help deepen our relationship with God and seek His guidance. The Bible is filled with verses that highlight the importance of fasting and prayer in the lives of believers. Let’s explore some of these verses from the King James Version (KJV) that encourage us to fast and pray.
## Bible Verses About Fasting And Prayer Kjv
1. Matthew 6:16-18 – “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. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 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.”
2. Mark 9:29 – “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”
3. Luke 18:12 – “I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”
4. Acts 13:2-3 – “As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.”
5. 1 Corinthians 7:5 – “Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.”
6. 2 Corinthians 6:5 – “In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings.”
7. 2 Corinthians 11:27 – “In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.”
8. 1 Timothy 4:1-5 – “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”
9. James 5:16 – “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
10. Daniel 9:3 – “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.”
Fasting and prayer are powerful tools for seeking God’s will, repenting of sin, and seeking breakthroughs in our lives. As we engage in these spiritual disciplines, let us remember the words of Jesus in Matthew 4:4, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Let us seek God’s face through fasting and prayer, trusting in His promises and seeking His guidance in all things.