Matthew 6:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces   so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Cross References

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying  before the God of the heavens.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Luke 18:12

I fast   twice a week; I give a tenth   , of everything I get.”

Mark 2:18

Now  John’s  disciples  and the Pharisees  , were fasting.  People came and asked him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast? ’

Acts 14:23

When they had appointed elders  for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

Matthew 6:5

‘Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Matthew 6:2

So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Esther 4:16

‘Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,  night or day. I and my female servants will also fast  in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.  If I perish, I perish.’

2 Samuel 12:16

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth  and walked around subdued.

2 Corinthians 11:27

toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive  one another #– #except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to  prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Luke 2:37

and was a widow for eighty-four years.  She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

Malachi 3:14

You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What have we gained by keeping his requirements  and walking mournfully  before the Lord of Armies?

2 Samuel 12:21

His servants asked him, ‘Why have you done this? While the baby was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate food.’

2 Corinthians 6:5

by beatings, by imprisonments,  by riots, by labours, by sleepless nights, by times of hunger,

Acts 10:30

Cornelius replied, ‘Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon,  I was  praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me

Matthew 6:1

‘Be careful not to practise your righteousness   in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.