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. 1:6
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Esth. 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esth. 9:31
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.