2 Samuel 12:16

The English Standar Version

David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:31

Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments.

Acts 9:9

And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Jonah 3:9

Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish."

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

Psalm 69:10

When I wept and humbled[2] my soul with fasting, it became my reproach.

Psalm 50:15

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

Esther 4:16

"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."

1 Kings 21:27

And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.

2 Samuel 12:22

He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, 'Who knows whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?'

Isaiah 26:16

O LORD, in distress they sought you; they poured out a whispered prayer when your discipline was upon them.

2 Samuel 12:15

Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick.

Nehemiah 1:4

As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.