• Matthew 6:16-18
  'Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
   
• Luke 18:11-12
  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'
   
• Leviticus 16:29-31
  "This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
   
• Nehemiah 9:1-2
  Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
   
• Luke 4:1-3
  Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
   

Related Scriptures

• Isaiah 66:2
  For all those things My hand has made,
  And all those things exist,"
  Says the LORD.
  "But on this one will I look:
  On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
  And who trembles at My word.
  
   
• Galatians 5:17
  For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.
   
• James 4:8-10
  Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
   
• 1 Peter 5:5-6
  Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
  "God resists the proud,
  But gives grace to the humble." Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
   
• Deuteronomy 8:3
  So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
   
• Proverbs 11:2
  When pride comes, then comes shame;
  But with the humble is wisdom.
  
   
• Isaiah 57:15
  For thus says the High and Lofty One
  Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
  "I dwell in the high and holy place,
  With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
  To revive the spirit of the humble,
  And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  
   
• Micah 6:8
  He has shown you, O man, what is good;
  And what does the LORD require of you
  But to do justly,
  To love mercy,
  And to walk humbly with your God?
   
• Matthew 5:3
  "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  
   
• Galatians 5:24
  And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
   
• Psalm 119:71
  It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
  That I may learn Your statutes.