Nehemiah 1:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.

2 Kings 22:19

Because your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before me, when you had word of what I said against this place and its people, that they would become a waste and a curse, and you gave signs of grief, weeping before me: truly, I have given ear to you, says the Lord.

2 Chronicles 6:13

For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.

Ezra 1:2

These are the words of Cyrus, king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has made me responsible for building a house for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 10:1

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

Ezra 9:3

And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.

Ezra 9:5

And at the evening offering, having made myself low before God, I got up, and with signs of grief, falling down on my knees, with my hands stretched out to the Lord my God,

Nehemiah 2:20

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

Psalm 102:15

So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:

Psalm 136:26

O give praise to the God of heaven: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

Daniel 10:2

In those days I, Daniel, gave myself up to grief for three full weeks.

Daniel 2:18

So that they might make a request for the mercy of the God of heaven in the question of this secret; so that Daniel and his friends might not come to destruction with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 9:3

And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.

Jonah 1:9

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, a worshipper of the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.

Zephaniah 3:18

I will take away your troubles, lifting up your shame from off you.

Romans 12:15

Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.