Nehemiah 1:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then I prayed this prayer: “Lord, God of heaven, you are the great and powerful God. You are the God who keeps his agreement of love with people who love you and obey your commands.

Cross References

Exodus 20:6

But I will be very kind to people who love me and obey my commands. I will be kind to their families for thousands of generations.

Deuteronomy 7:21

Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God is with you. He is a great and awesome God.

Nehemiah 4:14

After looking over everything, I stood up and spoke to the important families, the officials, and the rest of the people. I said, “Don’t be afraid of our enemies. Remember the Lord, who is great and powerful! You must fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters! You must fight for your wives and your homes!”

Deuteronomy 7:9

“So remember that the Lord your God is the only God, and you can trust him! He keeps his agreement. He shows his love and kindness to all people who love him and obey his commands. He continues to show his love and kindness through a thousand generations,

Nehemiah 9:32

Our God, you are the great God, the awesome, powerful soldier! You are kind and loyal. You keep your agreement. We have had many troubles, and our troubles are important to you. Bad things happened to all our people, and to our kings and leaders, and to our priests and prophets. Those terrible things have happened from the days of the king of Assyria until today!

1 Kings 8:23

and said, “Lord, God of Israel, there is no other god like you in heaven or on the earth. You keep the agreement that you made with your people. You are kind and loyal to those who follow you with all their heart.

1 Chronicles 17:21

Is there any other nation like Israel? No, Israel is the only nation on earth that you have done these wonderful things for. You took us out of Egypt and you made us free. You made yourself famous. You went in front of your people, and forced other people to leave their land for us.

Psalm 47:2

The Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King over all the earth.

Psalm 89:2

I will say, “Your faithful love will last forever. Your loyalty is like the sky—there is no end to it!”

Psalm 89:3

You said, “I made an agreement with my chosen king. I made this promise to my servant David:

Deuteronomy 7:12

“If you listen to these laws, and if you are careful to obey them, the Lord your God will keep his agreement of love with you. He promised this to your ancestors.

Ezra 1:2

From King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, gave all the kingdoms on earth to me. And he chose me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in the country of Judah.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “What do you want me to do?” Before I answered, I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 4:8

So all these men got together and made plans against Jerusalem. They planned to stir up trouble against Jerusalem. They planned to come and fight against the city.

Psalm 76:8

You stood as judge and announced your decision. You saved the humble people of the land. From heaven you gave the decision, and the whole earth was silent and afraid.

Psalm 89:8

Lord God All-Powerful, there is no one like you. You are strong, Lord, and always faithful.