Ezra 8:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²³ So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and he was receptive to our prayer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ So we fasted and besought our God for this, and He heard our entreaty.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

Common English Bible

²³ So we fasted and prayed to our God for this, and he responded to us.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered.

Ezra 8:23 Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless.  The Lord was receptive to his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

2 Kings 13:4

Then Jehoahaz sought the Lord’s favour, and the Lord heard him, for he saw the oppression the king of Aram inflicted on Israel.

1 Chronicles 5:20

They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them.  He was receptive to their prayer because they trusted in him.

Ezra 8:31

We set out from the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,  , and he kept us from the grasp of the enemy and from ambush along the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of this month  the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

Esther 4:16

‘Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,  night or day. I and my female servants will also fast  in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.  If I perish, I perish.’

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;

Isaiah 19:22

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will turn to the Lord, and he will be receptive to their prayers and heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me and I will answer you  and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Luke 2:37

and was a widow for eighty-four years.  She did not leave the temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius replied, ‘Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon,  I was  praying in my house. Just then a man in dazzling clothing stood before me

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart and all your soul.