Nehemiah 1:11

Modern English Version

O Lord, I implore You, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. And let Your servant prosper this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer.

Cross References

Genesis 24:42

“And today I came to the well and said, ‘O  Lord, God of my master Abraham, if You will now prosper the way in which I go,

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no more be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 40:1

Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:2

Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, with the chief of the cupbearers and with the chief of the bakers.

Genesis 40:21

He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

Genesis 40:23

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “Today I remember my offenses.

Genesis 43:14

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother, along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

2 Chronicles 6:40

“Now, O my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer that I offer in this place.

Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he issued a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, given by the Lord God of Israel. Because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him, the king granted him all his requests.

Nehemiah 1:6

Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day and night, for the Israelites Your servants, and confess the sins of the Israelites, which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.

Nehemiah 2:1

In the month of Nisan, during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Never had I been upset in his presence.

Nehemiah 2:8

as well as a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple mount, for the city wall, and for the house into which I will enter.” The king granted me these things, because the good hand of my God was upon me.

Psalm 106:46

He also caused them to be pitied by all those who carried them away captive.

Psalm 130:2

Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!

Psalm 61:5

For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the heritage of those who fear Your name.

Psalm 86:6

Give ear, O  Lord, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Proverbs 1:29

because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 21:1

As rivulets of water is the heart of a king in the hand of the Lord; wherever He pleases is where He directs it.

Jeremiah 42:12

I will show mercies to you so that he may have mercy on you and cause you to return to your own land.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord listened and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who esteem His name.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. For we trust that we have a good conscience and in all things are willing to live honestly.