1 Kings 9:3

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer. I consecrate this Temple which you have built as the place where I shall be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time.

Cross References

1 John 5:14

We have courage in God's presence, because we are sure that he hears us if we ask him for anything that is according to his will.

Psalm 10:17

You will listen, O Lord, to the prayers of the lowly; you will give them courage.

2 Kings 20:5

to go back to Hezekiah, ruler of the Lord's people, and say to him, “I, the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and in three days you will go to the Temple.

1 Kings 8:29

Watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have chosen to be worshiped. Hear me when I face this Temple and pray.

Psalm 116:1

I love the Lord, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers.

Deuteronomy 11:12

The Lord your God takes care of this land and watches over it throughout the year.

2 Chronicles 6:40

“Now, O my God, look on us and listen to the prayers offered in this place.

Acts 10:31

and said: ‘Cornelius! God has heard your prayer and has taken notice of your works of charity.

Matthew 6:9

This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored;

Exodus 20:11

In six days I, the Lord, made the earth, the sky, the seas, and everything in them, but on the seventh day I rested. That is why I, the Lord, blessed the Sabbath and made it holy.

Daniel 9:23

When you began to plead with God, he answered you. He loves you, and so I have come to tell you the answer. Now pay attention while I explain the vision.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were standing here pleading with me, I would not show these people any mercy. Make them go away; make them get out of my sight.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Be joyful in the Lord's presence, together with your children, your servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. Do this at the one place of worship.

Deuteronomy 12:11

The Lord will choose a single place where he is to be worshiped, and there you must bring to him everything that I have commanded: your sacrifices that are to be burned and your other sacrifices, your tithes and your offerings, and those special gifts that you have promised to the Lord.

Numbers 16:38

They became holy when they were presented at the Lord's altar. So take the fire pans of these who were put to death for their sin, beat them into thin plates, and make a covering for the altar. It will be a warning to the people of Israel.”

John 11:42

I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me.”

Psalm 66:19

But God has indeed heard me; he has listened to my prayer.

Deuteronomy 12:21

If the one place of worship is too far away, then, whenever you wish, you may kill any of the cattle or sheep that the Lord has given you, and you may eat the meat at home, as I have told you.

Deuteronomy 12:5

Out of the territory of all your tribes the Lord will choose the one place where the people are to come into his presence and worship him.

2 Kings 21:7

He placed the symbol of the goddess Asherah in the Temple, the place about which the Lord had said to David and his son Solomon: “Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped.

2 Chronicles 33:7

He placed an image in the Temple, the place about which God had said to David and his son Solomon: “Here in Jerusalem, in this Temple, is the place that I have chosen out of all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel as the place where I am to be worshiped.

Ezra 6:12

May the God who chose Jerusalem as the place where he is to be worshiped overthrow any king or nation that defies this command and tries to destroy the Temple there. I, Darius, have commanded. My command is to be fully obeyed.”

Psalm 34:17

The righteous call to the Lord, and he listens; he rescues them from all their troubles.

Exodus 29:44

I will make the Tent and the altar holy, and I will set Aaron and his sons apart to serve me as priests.

Psalm 65:3

on account of their sins. Our faults defeat us, but you forgive them.

Jeremiah 7:10

You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, ‘We are safe!’