Nehemiah 1:5

New American Bible - revised edition

I prayed: “Lord, God of heaven, great and awesome God, you preserve your covenant of mercy with those who love you and keep your commandments.

Cross References

Exodus 20:6

but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:21

Therefore, do not be terrified by them, for the Lord, your God, who is in your midst, is a great and awesome God.

Nehemiah 4:14

wherever you hear the trumpet sound, join us there; our God will fight with us.”

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know, then, that the Lord, your God, is God: the faithful God who keeps covenant mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments,

Nehemiah 9:32

Now, our God, great, mighty, and awesome God, who preserves the covenant of mercy, do not discount all the hardship that has befallen us, Our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and your entire people, from the time of the kings of Assyria until this day!

1 Kings 8:23

he said, “Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below; you keep covenant and love toward your servants who walk before you with their whole heart,

1 Chronicles 17:21

“Is there, like your people Israel, whom you redeemed from Egypt, another nation on earth whom a god went to redeem as his people? You won for yourself a name for great and awesome deeds by driving out the nations before your people.

Psalm 47:2

All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to God with joyful cries.

Psalm 89:2

I will sing of your mercy forever, Lord proclaim your faithfulness through all ages.

Psalm 89:3

For I said, “My mercy is established forever; my faithfulness will stand as long as the heavens.

Deuteronomy 7:12

As your reward for heeding these ordinances and keeping them carefully, the Lord, your God, will keep with you the covenant mercy he promised on oath to your ancestors.

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.

Nehemiah 2:4

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

Nehemiah 4:8

I made an inspection, then addressed these words to the nobles, the magistrates, and the rest of the people: “Do not fear them! Keep in mind the Lord, who is great and to be feared, and fight for your kindred, your sons and daughters, your wives and your homes.”

Psalm 76:8

You, terrible are you; who can stand before you and your great anger?

Psalm 89:8

A God dreaded in the council of the holy ones, greater and more awesome than all those around him!