Nehemiah 1:11

New English Translation

Please, O Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man.” Now I was cupbearer for the king.

Cross References

Genesis 24:42

When I came to the spring today, I prayed, ‘O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:

Genesis 32:11

Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.

Genesis 32:28

“No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him, “but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”

Genesis 40:1

After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:2

Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,

Genesis 40:21

He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,

Genesis 40:23

But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph – he forgot him.

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

Genesis 43:14

May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”

2 Chronicles 6:40

“Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:

Ezra 7:6

This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Nehemiah 1:6

may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you – both I myself and my family have sinned.

Nehemiah 2:1

Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence.

Nehemiah 2:8

and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.

Psalm 106:46

He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them.

Psalm 130:2

O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Psalm 61:5

For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers.

Psalm 86:6

O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

Jeremiah 42:12

I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.’

Malachi 3:16

Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.