Nehemiah 2:8

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

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.”

Ezra 5:5

But God was watching over the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped until a report could be dispatched to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 6:22

They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

Ezra 6:8

“I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work.

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.

Ezra 7:9

On the first day of the first month he had determined to make the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him.

Nehemiah 7:2

I then put in charge over Jerusalem my brother Hanani and Hananiah the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do.

Proverbs 21:1

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

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

Ecclesiastes 2:6

I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.

Isaiah 66:14

When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.

Daniel 1:9

Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.

Acts 26:22

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

Acts 7:10

and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,