2 Samuel 12:16

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and lay all night [repeatedly] on the floor.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, and he was very sick.

2 Samuel 12:22

David said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me and let the child live?

2 Samuel 13:31

Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the floor; and all his servants standing by tore their clothes.

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard those words of Elijah, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his flesh, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went quietly.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven,

Esther 4:16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me; and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I also and my maids will fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.

Psalm 50:15

And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.

Psalm 69:10

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, I was jeered at and humiliated;

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping and mourning, to the shaving off of all your hair [in humiliation] and to the girding with sackcloth.

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, when they were in trouble and distress, they sought and visited You; they poured out a prayerful whisper when Your chastening was upon them.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting, neither were instruments of music or dancing girls brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Daniel 9:3

And I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes;

Jonah 3:9

Who can tell, God may turn and revoke His sentence against us [when we have met His terms], and turn away from His fierce anger so that we perish not. [Joel 2:13, 14.]

Acts 9:9

And he was unable to see for three days, and he neither ate nor drank [anything].

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua rent his clothes and lay on the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.