Matthew 6:16

Modern King James Version

And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

2 Samuel 12:21

Then his servants said to him, What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the living boy, but when the child was dead you arose and ate bread!

1 Kings 21:27

And it happened when Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and walked softly.

Nehemiah 1:4

And it happened when I heard these words, I sat down and wept. And I mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of Heaven.

Esther 4:16

Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, night or day. My maidservants and I will also fast in the same way. And so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law. And if I perish, I perish.

Psalm 109:24

My knees stumble from fasting; and my flesh is losing its fatness.

Psalm 35:13

But when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fastings; and my prayer returned into my own bosom.

Psalm 69:10

When I humbled my soul with fasting, it turned to my reproach.

Daniel 9:3

And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek by prayer and holy desires, 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 charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

Matthew 6:1

Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.

Matthew 6:2

Therefore when you do your merciful deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so 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. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

Mark 2:18

The disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to Him, Why do John's disciples and those of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?

Luke 18:12

I fast twice on the Sabbath, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving God with fastings 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 prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing.

Acts 14:23

And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not deprive one another, unless it is with consent for a time, so that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not tempt you for your incontinence.

2 Corinthians 11:27

I have been in hardship and toil; often in watchings; in hunger and thirst; often in fastings; in cold and nakedness;

2 Corinthians 6:5

in stripes, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;