Nehemiah 1:4

New International Version

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.

Cross References

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.

Nehemiah 2:4

The king said to me, “What is it you want?” Then I prayed to the God of heaven,

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Zephaniah 3:18

“I will remove from you all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals, which is a burden and reproach for you.

Daniel 2:18

He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.

Jonah 1:9

He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

2 Samuel 12:16

David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying in sackcloth on the ground.

Psalm 136:26

Give thanks to the God of heaven. His love endures forever.

Daniel 10:2

At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks.

2 Kings 22:19

Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

2 Chronicles 6:13

Now he had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Ezra 1:2

“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: “ ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah.

Ezra 9:5

Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the Lord my God

Nehemiah 2:20

I answered them by saying, “The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.”

Psalm 102:15

The nations will fear the name of the Lord, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.