Nehemiah 1:11

Bible in Basic English 1965

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.

Cross References

Genesis 24:42

And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

Genesis 32:11

Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

Genesis 32:28

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Genesis 40:1

Now after these things the chief servant who had the care of the wine, and the chief bread-maker in Pharaoh's house, did something against Pharaoh's orders;

Genesis 40:2

And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;

Genesis 40:21

And he put the chief wine-servant back in his old place; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Genesis 40:23

But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;

Genesis 43:14

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

2 Chronicles 6:40

Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,

Ezra 7:6

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

Nehemiah 1:6

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

Nehemiah 2:1

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

Nehemiah 2:8

And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's park, so that he may give me wood to make boards for the doors of the tower of the house, and for the wall of the town, and for the house which is to be mine. And the king gave me this, for the hand of my God was on me.

Psalm 106:46

He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.

Psalm 130:2

Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 61:5

For you, O God, have made answer to my prayers; you have given me the heritage of those who give honour to your name.

Psalm 86:6

O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests.

Proverbs 1:29

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Jeremiah 42:12

And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.

Malachi 3:16

Then those in whom was the fear of the Lord had talk together: and the Lord gave ear, and it was recorded in a book to be kept in mind before him, for those who had the fear of the Lord and gave thought to his name.

Hebrews 13:18

Make prayers for us, for we are certain that our hearts are free from the sense of sin, desiring the right way of life in all things.