Verse 16

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 13:31 : 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
  • Acts 9:9 : 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
  • 2 Sam 12:22 : 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell [whether] GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
  • Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
  • 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  • Esth 4:16 : 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.
  • Job 20:12-14 : 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue; 13 [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 [Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 69:10 : 10 When I wept, [and chastened] my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
  • Isa 26:16 : 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer [when] thy chastening [was] upon them.
  • Joel 2:12-14 : 12 ¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?