Nehemiah 1:4

Good News Translation

When I heard all this, I sat down and wept. For several days I mourned and did not eat. I prayed to God,

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

David prayed to God that the child would get well. He refused to eat anything, and every night he went into his room and spent the night lying on the floor.

2 Kings 22:19

and you repented and humbled yourself before me, tearing your clothes and weeping, when you heard how I threatened to punish Jerusalem and its people. I will make it a terrifying sight, a place whose name people will use as a curse. But I have heard your prayer,

2 Chronicles 6:13

Solomon had made a bronze platform and put it in the middle of the courtyard. It was eight feet square and five feet high. He mounted this platform, knelt down where everyone could see him, and raised his hands toward heaven.)

Ezra 1:2

“This is the command of Cyrus, Emperor of Persia. The Lord, the God of Heaven, has made me ruler over the whole world and has given me the responsibility of building a temple for him in Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra was bowing in prayer in front of the Temple, weeping and confessing these sins, a large group of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, weeping bitterly.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I tore my clothes in despair, tore my hair and my beard, and sat down crushed with grief.

Ezra 9:5

When the time came for the evening sacrifice, I got up from where I had been grieving, and still wearing my torn clothes, I knelt in prayer and stretched out my hands to the Lord my God.

Nehemiah 2:20

I answered, “The God of Heaven will give us success. We are his servants, and we are going to start building. But you have no right to any property in Jerusalem, and you have no share in its traditions.”

Nehemiah 2:4

The emperor asked, “What is it that you want?” I prayed to the God of Heaven,

Psalm 102:15

The nations will fear the Lord; all the kings of the earth will fear his power.

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven; his love is eternal.

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon we sat down; there we wept when we remembered Zion.

Daniel 10:2

At that time I was mourning for three weeks.

Daniel 2:18

He told them to pray to the God of heaven for mercy and to ask him to explain the mystery to them so that they would not be killed along with the other advisers in Babylon.

Daniel 9:3

And I prayed earnestly to the Lord God, pleading with him, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes.

Jonah 1:9

“I am a Hebrew,” Jonah answered. “I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made land and sea.”

Zephaniah 3:18

as joyful as people at a festival.” The Lord says, “I have ended the threat of doom and taken away your disgrace.

Romans 12:15

Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.