Ezra 8:23

Modern English Version

So we fasted and sought our God for this, and He was moved by our prayers.

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

2 Kings 13:4

But Jehoahaz appeased the Lord, and the Lord listened to him. For He saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Aram oppressed them.

1 Chronicles 5:20

They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand, for they cried to God in the battle, and He heard their prayer because they trusted in Him.

Ezra 8:31

Then we began the journey from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the attacker and the ambusher along the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and sackcloth, and there was dirt on them.

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa, then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day. I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish.”

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

Isaiah 19:22

The Lord shall strike Egypt. He shall strike and heal it. Then they shall return to the Lord, and He shall be entreated by them and shall heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things which you do not know.

Daniel 9:3

I set my face toward the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 2:37

And she was a widow of about eighty-four years of age who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fasting and prayer night and day.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius said, “Four days ago I was fasting until this hour. At the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

Deuteronomy 4:29

But if from there you will seek the Lord your God, you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.