1 Kings 8:45

New American Bible - revised edition

listen in heaven to their prayer and petition, and uphold their cause.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world do what is just?”

1 Kings 8:44

“When your people go out to war against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the house I have built for your name,

1 Kings 8:46

“When they sin against you (for there is no one who does not sin), and in your anger against them you deliver them to an enemy, so that their captors carry them off to the land of the enemy, far or near,

Psalm 140:12

Slanderers will not survive on earth; evil will hunt down the man of violence to overthrow him.

Psalm 9:4

When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before you.

Jeremiah 5:28

fat and sleek. They pass over wicked deeds; justice they do not defend By advancing the claim of the orphan or judging the cause of the poor.