2 Samuel 12:16

New International Version

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:31

The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.

Acts 9:9

For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

Isaiah 22:12

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.

Psalm 69:10

When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

Psalm 50:15

and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.

2 Samuel 12:22

He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’

Isaiah 26:16

Lord, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

2 Samuel 12:15

After Nathan had gone home, the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.