Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fast' occurs 111 times in the standard works.

30 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fast' in the standard works and contain 27% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 2:18-20 (6 in 3 verses)

Isa. 58:3-6 (6 in 4 verses)

Zech. 8:19 (4 in 1 verse)

Matt. 9:14-15 (3 in 2 verses)

Matt. 6:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 5:33-35 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 13:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

Esth. 4:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 49 48 97
NT 36 36 72
Matt. 7 4 11
Mark 6 2 8
Luke 4 3 7
Acts 3 13 16
1 Cor. 1 3 4
2 Cor. 0 5 5
Gal. 1 0 1
Philip. 2 0 2
Col. 0 1 1
1 Thes. 2 0 2
2 Thes. 1 0 1
2 Tim. 1 0 1
Titus 1 0 1
Heb. 3 3 6
1 Pet. 0 1 1
2 Pet. 0 1 1
Rev. 4 0 4
BM 22 34 56
DC 4 13 17
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 111 133 244

Matt. 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

Matt. 6:17
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

Matt. 15:32
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Matt. 17:21
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.