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	Nave's—Fasting

Fasting

Spirit of, explained—Isa 58:6,7

Not to be made a subject of display—Mt 6:16-18

Should be to God—Zec 7:5; Mt 6:18

For the chastening of the soul—Ps 69:10

For the humbling of the soul—Ps 35:13

OBSERVED ON OCCASIONS OF

• Judgments of God
• —Joe 1:14; 2:12
• Public calamities
• —2Sa 1:12
• Afflictions of the Church
• —Lu 5:33-35
• Afflictions of others
• —Ps 35:13; Da 6:18
• Private afflictions
• —2Sa 12:16
• Approaching danger
• —Es 4:16
• Ordination of ministers
• —Ac 13:3; 14:23

ACCOMPANIED BY

• Prayer
• —Ezr 8:23; Da 9:3
• Confession of sin
• —1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2
• Mourning
• —Joe 2:12
• Humiliation
• —De 9:18; Ne 9:1

Promises connected with—Isa 58:8-12; Mt 6:18

OF HYPOCRITES

• Described
• —Isa 58:4,5
• Ostentatious
• —Mt 6:16
• Boasted of, before God
• —Lu 18:12
• Rejected
• —Isa 58:3; Jer 14:12

Extraordinary Exemplified

• Our Lord
• —Mt 4:2
• Moses
• —Ex 34:28; De 9:9,18
• Elijah
• —1Ki 19:8

National Exemplified

• Israel
• —Jud 20:26; Ezr 8:21; Es 4:3,16; Jer 36:9
• Men of Jabesh-gilead
• —1Sa 31:13
• Ninevites
• —Jon 3:5-8

Of Saints Exemplified

• David
• —2Sa 12:16; Ps 109:24
• Nehemiah
• —Ne 1:4
• Esther
• —Es 4:16
• Daniel
• —Da 9:3
• Disciples of John
• —Mt 9:14
• Anna
• —Lu 2:37
• Cornelius
• —Ac 10:30
• Christians
• —Ac 13:2
• Apostles
• —2Co 6:5
• Paul
• —2Co 11:27

Of the wicked-Exemplified

• Elders of Jezreel
• —1Ki 21:12
• Ahab
• —1Ki 21:27
• Pharisees
• —Mr 2:18; Lu 18:12