Fasting And Prayer Scriptures KJV

Here is a collection of Bible verses from the King James Version (KJV) that highlight the significance of fasting and prayer. These scriptures offer spiritual guidance on the practices of fasting, seeking God’s will, and engaging in earnest prayer as a means to draw closer to God and strengthen faith.

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. Matthew 17:21
   “Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.”
3. Joel 2:12
   “Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
4. Isaiah 58:6
   “Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?”
5. Ezra 8:23
   “So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.”
6. 2 Chronicles 7:14
   “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
7. Daniel 9:3
   “And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.”
8. Acts 13:2
   “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.”
9. Acts 14:23
   “And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.”
10. Psalm 35:13
    “But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.”
11. Nehemiah 1:4
    “And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.”
12. Esther 4:16
    “Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.”
13. Jonah 3:5
    “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.”
14. Isaiah 58:9
    “Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity.”
15. Matthew 6:5-6
    “And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.”
16. Luke 2:37
    “And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.”
17. Psalm 69:10
    “When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.”
18. Isaiah 58:11
    “And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”
19. 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.”
20. 1 Samuel 7:6
    “And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.”
21. Mark 9:29
    “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”
22. Luke 18:1
    “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.”
23. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
    “Pray without ceasing.”
24. Philippians 4:6
    “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
25. Psalm 102:17
    “He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.”
26. 1 Kings 8:37-39
    “What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive.”
27. Matthew 7:7
    “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”
28. Hebrews 4:16
    “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
29. Luke 6:12
    “And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”
30. Jeremiah 29:12
    “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.”
31. Psalm 141:2
    “Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”
32. 2 Chronicles 20:3
    “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.”
33. Ezra 10:6
    “Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.”
34. Acts 10:30-31
    “And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard.”
35. Isaiah 58:8
    “Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.”
36. Joel 1:14
    “Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord.”
37. Zechariah 8:19
    “Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.”
38. Psalm 40:1
    “I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.”
39. Proverbs 15:29
    “The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”
40. Romans 12:12
    “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.”

41. Isaiah 58:3
    “Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.”
42. Isaiah 58:7
    “Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?”
43. 2 Samuel 12:16
    “David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.”
44. Nehemiah 9:1
    “Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.”
45. Leviticus 23:27
    “Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.”
46. 1 Kings 21:27
    “And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.”
47. Jeremiah 36:9
    “And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.”
48. Acts 9:9
    “And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.”
49. Psalm 55:17
    “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”
50. 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.”
51. Judges 20:26
    “Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.”
52. 2 Chronicles 20:4
    “And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.”
53. Matthew 4:2
    “And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
54. Luke 4:2
    “Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”
55. Luke 5:35
    “But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.”
56. Daniel 10:3
    “I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”
57. Ezra 8:21
    “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.”
58. 1 Timothy 2:1
    “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men.”
59. Hebrews 11:6
    “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
60. Psalm 42:1-2
    “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”
61. Jeremiah 33:3
    “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
62. Psalm 63:1
    “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is.”
63. Proverbs 3:5-6
    “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
64. Ephesians 6:18
    “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”
65. Romans 8:26
    “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”
66. James 1:5
    “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”
67. Psalm 119:58
    “I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.”
68. Colossians 4:2
    “Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.”
69. Psalm 145:18
    “The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.”
70. 1 Peter 4:7
    “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”

Here are additional KJV scriptures about prayer and fasting to enrich your study:

71. Luke 22:41-44
    “And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
72. Psalm 107:6
    “Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.”
73. Psalm 145:19
    “He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.”
74. Isaiah 40:31
    “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
75. Psalm 34:17
    “The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.”
76. Acts 1:14
    “These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.”
77. Acts 16:25-26
    “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.”
78. Psalm 86:6-7
    “Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.”
79. Jonah 2:7
    “When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.”
80. Joel 1:14
    “Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord.”
81. Deuteronomy 9:18
    “And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.”
82. Daniel 6:10
    “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”
83. Psalm 28:2
    “Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.”
84. Psalm 4:1
    “Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”
85. James 4:8
    “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”
86. Psalm 50:15
    “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”
87. Psalm 66:19-20
    “But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.”
88. Matthew 18:19-20
    “Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
89. Job 22:27
    “Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.”
90. Psalm 91:15
    “He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.”
91. Lamentations 3:25
    “The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.”
92. Psalm 18:6
    “In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.”
93. Luke 11:9-10
    “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
94. Psalm 77:2
    “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.”
95. Isaiah 58:13-14
    “If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”
96. Hosea 10:12
    “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.”
97. Habakkuk 2:1
    “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.”
98. Psalm 116:2
    “Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.”
99. Micah 7:7
    “Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”
100. Revelation 8:4
     “And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.”