Ezra 8:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac beseeched the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And he heard him, and he gave conception to Rebekah.

2 Kings 13:4

But Jehoahaz petitioned the face of the Lord, and the Lord heeded him. For he saw the anguish of Israel, because the king of Syria had oppressed them.

1 Chronicles 5:20

And the Hagarites were delivered into their hands, and all who were with them. For they called upon God while they did battle. And he heeded them, because they had trusted in him.

Ezra 8:31

Therefore, we set out from the river Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, so that we might travel to Jerusalem. And the hand of our God was over us, and he freed us from the hand of the enemy and of those who lay in ambush along the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the sons of Israel came together in fasting and in sackcloth, and with soil upon them.

Esther 4:16

And so she was led to the chamber of king Artaxerxes, in the tenth month, which is called Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Proverbs 3:5

Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.

Isaiah 19:22

And the Lord will strike Egypt with a scourge, and he will heal them. And they will return to the Lord. And he will be placated toward them, and he will heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3

Cry out to me and I will heed you. And I will announce to you great things, things that are certain, though you do not know them.

Daniel 9:3

And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to ask and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

Luke 2:37

And then she was a widow, even to her eighty-fourth year. And without departing from the temple, she was a servant to fasting and prayer, night and day.

Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said: "It is now the fourth day, to this very hour, since I was praying in my house at the ninth hour, and behold, a man stood before me in a white vestment, and he said:

Deuteronomy 4:29

And when you will seek the Lord your God in that place, you shall find him, if only you seek him with all your heart, and in all the tribulation of your soul.