Nehemiah 1:11

Easy To Read Version

So Lord, please listen to my prayer. I am your servant. And please listen to the prayers of your servants that want to show respect for your name. Lord, you know I am the king’s wine servant. {\cf2\super [3]} So please help me today. Help me as I ask the king for help. Give me success and help me to be pleasing to the king.

Cross References

Genesis 24:42

“Today I came to this well and said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.

Genesis 32:11

I ask you to please save me from my brother. Save me from Esau. I am afraid of him. I am afraid that he will come and kill all of us, even the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. [191] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have not been defeated.”

Genesis 40:1

Later, two of Pharaoh’s servants did something wrong to Pharaoh. These servants were the baker and the man who served wine to Pharaoh.

Genesis 40:2

Pharaoh became angry with his baker and wine server.

Genesis 40:21

Pharaoh freed the wine server. Pharaoh gave him his job back. And the wine server put a cup of wine in Pharaoh’s hand.

Genesis 40:23

But the wine server did not remember to help Joseph. He said nothing about Joseph to Pharaoh. The wine server forgot about Joseph.

Genesis 41:9

Then the wine servant remembered Joseph. The servant said to Pharaoh, “I remember something that happened to me.

Genesis 43:14

I pray that God All-Powerful will help you when you stand before the governor. I pray that he will let Benjamin, and also Simeon, come back safely. If not, I will again be sad from losing my son.”

2 Chronicles 6:40

Now, my God, I ask you, open your eyes and your ears. Listen and pay attention to the prayers we are praying in this place.

Ezra 1:1

During the first year {\cf2\super [1]} that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord encouraged Cyrus to make an announcement. Cyrus put that announcement in writing and had it read every place in his kingdom. This happened so that the Lord’s message that was spoken through Jeremiah {\cf2\super [2]} would truly happen. This is the announcement:

Ezra 7:6

Ezra came to Jerusalem from Babylon. Ezra was a teacher. {\cf2\super [45]} He knew the Law of Moses very well. The Law of Moses was given by the Lord, the God of Israel. King Artaxerxes gave Ezra everything he asked for because the Lord was with Ezra.

Nehemiah 1:6

Please open your eyes and ears and listen to the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night. I am praying for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we people of Israel have done against you. I am confessing that I have sinned against you and that the other people in my father’s family have sinned against you.

Nehemiah 2:1

In the month of Nisan in the 20th year {\cf2\super [4]} \{of King Artaxerxes\}, some wine was brought to the king. I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad when I was with the king, but now I was sad.

Nehemiah 2:8

I also need lumber for the heavy wooden beams for the gates, the walls, the walls around the temple, {\cf2\super [7]} and my house. So I need a letter from you to Asaph. Asaph is in charge of your forests.”

Psalm 106:46

Other nations took them as prisoners.\par But God made them be kind to his people.\par

Psalm 130:2

My Master, listen to me.\par Listen to my call for help.\par

Psalm 61:5

God, you heard what I promised to give you.\par But everything your worshipers have comes from you.\par

Psalm 86:6

Lord, hear my prayer.\par Listen to my prayer for mercy.\par

Proverbs 1:29

I will not help because you never wanted my knowledge. You refused to fear and respect the Lord.

Proverbs 21:1

\{Farmers dig small ditches to water their fields. They change where the water goes by closing different ditches.\} The Lord controls a king’s mind just like that. The Lord can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Jeremiah 42:12

I will be kind to you. And the king of Babylon will also treat you with mercy. And he will bring you back to your land.’

Malachi 3:16

God’s followers spoke with each other, and the Lord listened to them. There is a book in front of him. In that book are the names of God’s followers. Those are the people that honor the Lord’s name.

Hebrews 13:18

Continue praying for us. We feel right about the things we do, because we always try to do the best thing.