Deuteronomy 26:15

New International Reader's Version

Look down from the holy place where you live in heaven. Bless your people Israel. Bless the land you have given us. It’s the land you promised to give to our people of long ago. It’s a land that has plenty of milk and honey.”

Cross References

1 Kings 8:27

“But will you really live on earth? After all, the heavens can’t hold you. In fact, even the highest heavens can’t hold you. So this temple I’ve built certainly can’t hold you!

1 Kings 8:43

Then listen to them from heaven. It’s the place where you live. Do what those outsiders ask you to do. Then all the nations on earth will know you. They will have respect for you. They’ll respect you just as your own people Israel do. They’ll know that your Name is in this house I’ve built.

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and Levites gave their blessing to the people. God heard them. Their prayer reached all the way to heaven. It’s the holy place where God lives.

Psalm 28:9

Save your people. Bless those who belong to you. Be their shepherd. Take care of them forever.

Psalm 51:18

May you be pleased to give Zion success. May it please you to build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 68:5

God is in his holy temple. He is a father to children whose fathers have died. He takes care of women whose husbands have died.

Psalm 80:14

God who rules over all, return to us! Look down from heaven and see us! Watch over your vine.

Psalm 80:15

Guard the root you have planted with your powerful right hand. Take care of the branch you have raised up for yourself.

Psalm 90:17

May the Lord our God always be pleased with us. Lord, make what we do succeed. Please make what we do succeed.

Isaiah 57:15

The God who is highly honored lives forever. His name is holy. He says, “I live in a high and holy place. But I also live with anyone who turns away from their sins. I live with anyone who is not proud. I give new life to them. I give it to anyone who turns away from their sins.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord and King is on me. The Lord has anointed me to announce good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort those whose hearts have been broken. He has sent me to announce freedom for those who have been captured. He wants me to set prisoners free from their dark cells.

Isaiah 63:15

Lord, look down from heaven. Look down from your holy and glorious throne. Where is your great love for us? Where is your power? Why don’t you show us your tender love and concern?

Jeremiah 31:23

The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I will bring them back from the place where they were taken. Here is what the people in Judah and its towns will say once again. ‘May the Lord bless you, you successful city. Sacred mountain, may he bless you.’

Zechariah 2:13

All you people of the world, be still because the Lord is coming. He is getting ready to come down from his holy temple in heaven.”

Matthew 6:9

“This is how you should pray. “ ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored.

Acts 7:49

“ ‘Heaven is my throne. The earth is under my control. What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord. Where will my resting place be?

Deuteronomy 1:8

I have given you all this land. Go in and take it as your own. The Lord promised he would give the land to your fathers. He promised it to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He also said he would give it to their children after them.”

Deuteronomy 26:14

I haven’t eaten any part of your sacred share while I mourned over someone who had died. I haven’t taken any of it from my house while I was ‘unclean.’ And I haven’t offered any of it to the dead. Lord my God, I’ve obeyed you. I’ve done everything you commanded me to do.

Deuteronomy 26:7

Then we cried out to the Lord. He is the God of our people who lived long ago. He heard our voice. He saw how much we were suffering. The Egyptians were treating us badly. They were making us work very hard.

Deuteronomy 26:9

He brought us to this place. He gave us this land. It’s a land that has plenty of milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 6:3

Israel, listen to me. Make sure you obey me. Then things will go well with you. The number of your people will increase greatly in a land that has plenty of milk and honey. That’s what the Lord, the God of your parents, promised you.