Nehemiah 1:11

New Century Version

Lord, listen carefully to the prayer of your servant and the prayers of your servants who love to honor you. Give me, your servant, success today; allow this king to show kindness to me.” I was the one who served wine to the king.

Cross References

Nehemiah 1:6

Look and listen carefully. Hear the prayer that I, your servant, am praying to you day and night for your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we Israelites have done against you. My father’s family and I have sinned against you.

Nehemiah 2:8

And may I have a letter for Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, telling him to give me timber? I will need it to make boards for the gates of the palace, which is by the Temple, and for the city wall, and for the house in which I will live.” So the king gave me the letters, because God was showing kindness to me.

Nehemiah 2:1

It was the month of Nisan in the twentieth year Artaxerxes was king. He wanted some wine, so I took some and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience, because we always want to do the right thing.

Proverbs 21:1

The Lord can control a king’s mind as he controls a river; he can direct it as he pleases.

Psalm 130:2

Lord, hear my voice; listen to my prayer for help.

Ezra 7:6

This Ezra came to Jerusalem from Babylon. He was a teacher and knew well the Teachings of Moses that had been given by the Lord, the God of Israel. Ezra received everything he asked for from the king, because the Lord his God was helping him.

Psalm 86:6

Lord, hear my prayer, and listen when I ask for mercy.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord caused Cyrus to send an announcement to his whole kingdom and to put it in writing. This happened so the Lord’s message spoken by Jeremiah would come true. He wrote:

Genesis 40:21

The king gave his chief officer who served wine his old position, and once again he put the king’s cup of wine into the king’s hand.

Genesis 40:23

but the officer who served wine did not remember Joseph. He forgot all about him.

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief officer who served wine to the king said to him, “Now I remember something I promised to do, but I forgot about it.

Genesis 32:11

Please save me from my brother Esau. I am afraid he will come and kill all of us, even the mothers with the children.

Proverbs 1:29

It is because you rejected knowledge and did not choose to respect the Lord.

Genesis 43:14

I pray that God Almighty will cause the governor to be merciful to you and that he will allow Simeon and Benjamin to come back with you. If I am robbed of my children, then I am robbed of them!”

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with people, and you have won.”

Genesis 40:2

The king became angry with his officer who served him wine and his baker,

Genesis 24:42

“Today I came to this spring. I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, please make my trip successful.

Genesis 40:1

After these things happened, two of the king’s officers displeased the king—the man who served wine to the king and the king’s baker.

2 Chronicles 6:40

“Now, my God, look at us. Listen to the prayers we pray in this place.

Psalm 61:5

God, you have heard my promises. You have given me what belongs to those who fear you.

Psalm 106:46

He caused them to be pitied by those who held them captive.

Jeremiah 42:12

I will be kind to you, and he will also treat you with mercy and let you stay in your land.’

Malachi 3:16

Then those who honored the Lord spoke with each other, and the Lord listened and heard them. The names of those who honored the Lord and respected him were written in his presence in a book to be remembered.