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| Fasting Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, | Bible | |
| 2 | That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. | Bible | |
| 3 | So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. | Bible | |
| 4 | Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. | Bible | |
| 5 | Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye 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. | Bible | |
| 6 | The fast day is of great fruit, of great blessing, of great splendour, and of great influence. For this night and day, I will eat only at one mealtime, abstaining from eating at night and avoiding untimely food. With this I imitate the monks. | Nikaya | Anguttara |
| 7 | And he caused that the priests should assemble themselves together; and they began to fast, and to pray to the Lord their God that he would open the mouth of Alma, that he might speak, and also that his limbs might receive their strength--that the eyes of the people might be opened to see and know of the goodness and glory of God. | Book Of Mormon | |
| 8 | Behold, now it came to pass that the people of Nephi were exceedingly rejoiced, because the Lord had again delivered them out of the hands of their enemies; therefore they gave thanks unto the Lord their God; yea, and they did fast much and pray much, and they did worship God with exceedingly great joy. | Book Of Mormon | |
| 9 | Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God. | Book Of Mormon | |
| 10 | It is no mastery to wake and fast till thine head ache, nor to run to Rome and to Jerusalem upon thy bare feet, nor to start about and preach as if thou wouldst turn all men by thy preaching. But it is a great mastery for a man to love his fellow-Christian in charity, and wisely to hate the sin of him and love the man. | Hilton | Walter |
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