Nehemiah 1:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying  before the God of the heavens.

Cross References

Daniel 9:3

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

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling face down  before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king asked me, ‘What is your request? ’ So I prayed to the God of the heavens

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice;  weep with those who weep.

Zephaniah 3:18

I will gather those who have been driven from the appointed festivals; they will be a tribute from you and a reproach on her.

Daniel 2:18

urging them to ask the God of the heavens  for mercy  concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated.

Jonah 1:9

He answered them, ‘I’m a Hebrew.  I worship  the Lord,  the God of the heavens,  who made the sea  and the dry land.’

2 Samuel 12:16

David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted, went home, and spent the night lying on the ground.

Daniel 10:2

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks.

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord   when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse,  and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I myself have heard” #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.

2 Chronicles 6:13

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 2.25 metres  long, 2.25 metres wide, and 1.35 metres  high and put it in the court. He stood on it,  knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands towards heaven.

Ezra 1:2

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 9:5

At the evening offering, I got up from my time of humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God.

Nehemiah 2:20

I gave them this reply, ‘The God of the heavens is the one who will grant us success. We, his servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.’