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
Gen. 1 0 1
Ex. 0 5 5
Judg. 3 3 6
Ruth 3 1 4
1 Sam. 0 3 3
2 Sam. 2 4 6
1 Kgs. 2 2 4
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 0 2 2
2 Chr. 1 1 2
Ezra 2 1 3
Neh. 0 2 2
Esth. 2 3 5
Job 4 2 6
Ps. 6 5 11
Prov. 1 0 1
Eccl. 0 1 1
Isa. 6 4 10
Jer. 6 2 8
Ezek. 0 1 1
Dan. 0 3 3
Joel 2 1 3
Jonah 2 0 2
Zech. 5 1 6
NT 36 36 72
BM 22 34 56
DC 4 13 17
PGP 0 2 2
TOTAL 111 133 244

2 Sam. 12:21
Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

2 Sam. 12:23
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.