1 Kings 8:48

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

They will be in that faraway land of their enemies, but they will turn back to you. They will feel sorry for their sins with their whole heart and soul. They will turn toward the land you gave their ancestors. They will look toward the city you chose and toward the Temple I built, and they will pray to you.

Cross References

Daniel 6:10

Daniel always prayed to God three times every day. Three times every day, he bowed down on his knees to pray and praise God. Even though Daniel heard about the new law, he still went to his house to pray. He went up to the upper room of his house and opened the windows that faced toward Jerusalem. Then Daniel bowed down on his knees and prayed just as he always had done.

Deuteronomy 4:29

But there in these other lands you will look for the Lord your God. And if you look for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.

Jonah 2:4

Then I thought, ‘Now I must go where you cannot see me,’ but I continued looking to your holy Temple for help.

Nehemiah 1:9

But if you Israelites come back to me and obey my commands, this is what I will do: Even if your people have been forced to leave their homes and go to the ends of the earth, I will gather them from there. And I will bring them back to the place I have chosen to put my name.’

Romans 10:10

Yes, we believe in Jesus deep in our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we openly say that we believe in him, and so we are saved.

Acts 8:36

While they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The official said, “Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?”

Daniel 9:13

All those terrible things happened to us. This happened just as it is written in the Law of Moses, but we still have not asked the Lord our God for help. We still have not stopped sinning. We still do not pay attention to your truth, Lord.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will make them want to know me. They will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will do this because the prisoners in Babylon will turn to me with their whole hearts.”

Jeremiah 3:10

Israel’s unfaithful sister did not come back to me with her whole heart. She only pretended that she came back to me.” This message is from the Lord.

Proverbs 23:26

My son, listen closely to what I am saying. Let my life be your example.

Psalm 119:145

Lord, I call to you with all my heart. Answer me, and I will obey your laws.

Psalm 119:10

I try with all my heart to serve you. Help me obey your commands.

Psalm 119:2

Great blessings belong to those who follow his rules! They seek him with all their heart.

1 Kings 8:49

Please listen to their prayers from your home in heaven, and do what is right.

Daniel 9:5

“But we have sinned. We have done wrong. We have done evil things. We turned against you. We turned away from your commands and good decisions.

Zechariah 10:9

Yes, I have been scattering my people throughout the nations. But in those faraway places, they will remember me. They and their children will survive, and they will come back.

Leviticus 26:40

“But maybe the people will confess their sins. And maybe they will confess the sins of their ancestors. Maybe they will admit that they turned against me. Maybe they will admit that they sinned against me.

1 Kings 8:33

“Sometimes your people Israel will sin against you, and their enemies will defeat them. Then the people will come back to you and praise you. They will pray to you in this Temple.

2 Kings 23:25

There had never been a king like Josiah before. Josiah turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his strength. No king had followed all the Law of Moses like Josiah. And there has never been another king like Josiah since that time.

Daniel 6:11

Then the supervisors and satraps went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.