Nehemiah 1:4

New American Bible - revised edition

When I heard this report, I began to weep and continued mourning for several days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

David pleaded with God on behalf of the child. He kept a total fast, and spent the night lying on the ground clothed in sackcloth.

2 Kings 22:19

because you were heartsick and have humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken concerning this place and its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse; and because you tore your garments and wept before me, I in turn have heard, oracle of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 6:13

Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, which he had placed in the middle of the courtyard. Having ascended it, Solomon knelt in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and stretched forth his hands toward heaven.

Ezra 1:2

“Thus says Cyrus, king of Persia: ‘All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra prayed and acknowledged their guilt, weeping and prostrate before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites gathered about him, men, women, and children; and the people wept profusely.

Ezra 9:3

When I had heard this, I tore my cloak and my mantle, plucked hair from my head and beard, and sat there devastated.

Ezra 9:5

Then, at the time of the evening sacrifice, I rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the Lord, my God. A Penitential Prayer.

Nehemiah 2:20

My answer to them was this: “It is the God of heaven who will grant us success. We, his servants, shall set about the rebuilding; but you have neither share nor claim nor memorial in Jerusalem.”

Nehemiah 2:4

The king asked me, “What is it, then, that you wish?” I prayed to the God of heaven

Psalm 102:15

Its stones are dear to your servants; its dust moves them to pity.

Psalm 136:26

Praise the God of heaven, for his mercy endures forever.

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon there we sat weeping when we remembered Zion.

Daniel 10:2

In those days, I, Daniel, mourned three full weeks.

Daniel 2:18

that they might implore the mercy of the God of heaven in regard to this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 9:3

I turned to the Lord God, to seek help, in prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Jonah 1:9

“I am a Hebrew,” he replied; “I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

Zephaniah 3:18

as on festival days. I will remove disaster from among you, so that no one may recount your disgrace.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.