1 Kings 8:47

Contemporary English Version 1995

Later, they may feel sorry for what they did and ask your forgiveness. Answer them when they pray toward this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, here in this land you gave their ancestors. From your home in heaven, listen to their sincere prayers and do what they ask.

Cross References

Psalm 106:6

We and our ancestors have sinned terribly.

2 Chronicles 6:37

Later, they may feel sorry for what they did and ask your forgiveness. Answer them when they pray toward this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, here in this land you gave their ancestors. From your home in heaven, listen to their sincere prayers and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

Zechariah 12:10

I, the Lord, will make the descendants of David and the people of Jerusalem feel deep sorrow and pray when they see the one they pierced with a spear. They will mourn and weep for him, as parents weep over the death of their only child or their first-born.

Haggai 1:7

Think about what I have said!

Ezekiel 18:28

They will think about what they've done and stop sinning, and so they won't be put to death.

Ezekiel 16:63

I will forgive you, but you will think about your sins and be too ashamed to say a word. I, the Lord God, have spoken.

Ezekiel 16:61

When you think about how you acted, you will be ashamed, especially when I return your sisters to you as daughters, even though this was not part of our agreement.

1 Samuel 7:6

The Israelites met together at Mizpah with Samuel as their leader. They drew water from the well and poured it out as an offering to the Lord. On that same day they went without eating to show their sorrow, and they confessed they had been unfaithful to the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:2

They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

Zechariah 10:9

Although I scattered my people in distant countries, they won't forget me. Once their children are raised, they will return—

1 Kings 8:33

Suppose your people Israel sin against you, and then an enemy defeats them. If they come to this temple and beg for forgiveness,