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

Esth. 4:16
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.