Nehemiah 1:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So, Lord, please listen to my prayer. And listen to the prayers of all your other servants who are happy to honor you. Help me today as I ask the king for help. Make him pleased with me so that he will be kind and give me what I ask for.” At that time, I was the king’s wine servant.

Cross References

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 Israelites. I confess the sins we Israelites 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 2:8

I also need lumber for the heavy wooden beams for the gates, the walls, the walls around the Temple, and my house. So I need a letter from you to Asaph, who is in charge of your forests.” The king gave me the letters and everything I asked for. The king did that because my God was kind to me.

Nehemiah 2:1

In the month of Nisan in the 20th year of King Artaxerxes, some wine was brought to the king. I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never before been sad when I was with him, but now I was sad.

Hebrews 13:18

Continue praying for us. We feel right about what we do, because we always try to do what is best.

Proverbs 21:1

To the Lord, a king’s mind is like a ditch used to water the fields. He can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Psalm 130:2

My Lord, listen to me. Listen to my cry for help.

Ezra 7:6

Ezra came to Jerusalem from Babylon. He was a teacher and 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.

Psalm 86:6

Lord, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy.

Ezra 1:1

During the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord caused him to make an announcement. It was written down, and Cyrus ordered that it be read throughout his kingdom. This was done so that what the Lord had told Jeremiah years before would now happen. This was the announcement:

Genesis 40:21

He freed the wine server and gave him his job back, and once again 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 him to Pharaoh. The wine server forgot about Joseph.

Genesis 41:9

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

Genesis 32:11

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

Proverbs 1:29

That is because they hated knowledge. They refused to fear and respect the Lord.

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 children.”

Genesis 32:28

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

Genesis 40:2

Pharaoh became angry with his baker and wine server,

Genesis 24:42

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

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.

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.

Psalm 61:5

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

Psalm 106:46

Other nations took them as prisoners, but the Lord caused them to be kind to his people.

Jeremiah 42:12

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

Malachi 3:16

Then the Lord’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 his followers. They are the people who honor the Lord’s name.