Nehemiah 1:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“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.

Cross References

Daniel 9:20

I was praying to the Lord my God about his holy mountain and telling about my sins and the sins of the people of Israel.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the Lord my God and told him about all my sins. I said, “Lord, you are a great and awesome God. You keep your agreement of love and kindness with people who love you. You keep your agreement with the people who obey your commands.

Psalm 34:15

The Lord watches over those who do what is right, and he hears their prayers.

Psalm 106:6

We sinned just as our ancestors did. We were wrong; we did bad things!

2 Chronicles 29:6

Our ancestors were not faithful and did what the Lord says is evil. They stopped following him. They no longer paid any attention to the Lord’s house and turned their backs on him.

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.

Isaiah 6:5

I was frightened and said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure enough to speak to God, and I live among people who are not pure enough to speak to him. But I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. We can trust God to do this. He always does what is right. He will make us clean from all the wrong things we have done.

Luke 18:7

God’s people shout to him night and day, and he will always give them what is right. He will not be slow to answer them.

2 Timothy 1:3

I always remember you in my prayers day and night. And in these prayers I thank God for you. He is the God my ancestors served, and I have always served him with a clear conscience.

Lamentations 5:7

Our ancestors sinned against you, and now they are dead. And we are suffering because of their sins.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who really needs help is one who has been left all alone. She trusts God to take care of her. She prays all the time, night and day, and asks God for help.

Psalm 130:2

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

Psalm 55:17

I speak to God morning, noon, and night. I tell him what upsets me, and he listens to me!

Psalm 32:5

But then I decided to confess my sins to the Lord. I stopped hiding my guilt and told you about my sins. And you forgave them all! Selah

Ezra 10:1

Ezra was praying and confessing. He was crying and bowing down in front of God’s Temple. While Ezra was doing that, a large group of the Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him. They were crying.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like that, trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. Like everyone else in the world, we deserved to suffer God’s anger just because of the way we were.

Luke 2:37

before he died and left her alone. She was now 84 years old. Anna was always at the Temple; she never left. She worshiped God by fasting and praying day and night.

Psalm 88:1

Lord God, you are my Savior. I have been praying to you day and night.

Ezra 10:11

Now you must confess your sins to the Lord, the God of your ancestors. You must obey his command. Separate yourselves from the people living around you and from your foreign wives.”

2 Chronicles 28:10

And now you plan to keep the people of Judah and Jerusalem as slaves. But you are as guilty as they are for sinning against the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 15:11

“Saul has stopped following me, so I am sorry that I made him king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night.

1 Kings 8:30

And please listen to our prayers in the future when I and your people Israel turn to this place and pray to you. We know that you live in heaven. We ask you to hear our prayer there and forgive us.

1 Kings 8:47

In that faraway land, your people will think about what happened. They will be sorry for their sins, and they will pray to you. They will say, ‘We have sinned and done wrong.’

Nehemiah 1:11

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.

Psalm 102:17

He will listen to the prayers of those in poverty. He will not ignore them.

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.

Daniel 9:8

“Lord, we should all be ashamed. All our kings and leaders should be ashamed. Our ancestors should be ashamed, because we sinned against you.

Daniel 9:15

“Lord our God, you used your power and brought us out of Egypt. We are your people. You are famous because of that, even today. We have sinned and done terrible things.