Matthew 6:16

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Moreover when you fast, do not be, like the hypocrites, of a sad appearance: for they make their faces unsightly, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

David therefore pleaded with God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

2 Samuel 12:21

Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread.

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

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,

Esther 4:16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and let them fast 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.

Psalm 109:24

My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh has lost its fatness.

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 my own bosom.

Psalm 69:10

When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.

Daniel 9:3

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

Malachi 3:14

You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Matthew 6:1

Be careful that you do not do your giving before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when you do your giving, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Mark 2:18

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?

Luke 18:12

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of about eighty four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayers night and day.

Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I was praying in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

Acts 14:23

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

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another, except by agreement for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self control.

2 Corinthians 11:27

In weariness and painfulness, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.

2 Corinthians 6:5

In stripes, in imprisonment, in tumults, in labor, in sleeplessness, in fasting;