Ezra 8:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

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.

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.

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.’

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.

Daniel 9:3

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

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.

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

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.

Jeremiah 33:3

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

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.

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.

Proverbs 3:5

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