Ezra 8:21
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Fasting and Prayer for Protection
21 (A)Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river (B)Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, (C)to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods.
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Jeremiah 36:9
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9 (A)In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, (B)in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem (C)proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
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Jonah 3:5
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5 (A)And the people of Nineveh believed God. (B)They called for a fast and (C)put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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Joel 1:14
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14 (A)Consecrate a fast;
(B)call a solemn assembly.
Gather (C)the elders
and (D)all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
Joel 2:15
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