Nehemiah 1:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Cross References

Genesis 24:42

“I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou wilt prosper the way which I go,

Genesis 32:11

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and slay us all, the mothers with the children.

Genesis 32:28

Then he said, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 40:1

Some time after this, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

Genesis 40:2

And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker,

Genesis 40:21

He restored the chief butler to his butlership, and he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand;

Genesis 40:23

Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Genesis 41:9

Then the chief butler said to Pharaoh, “I remember my faults today.

Genesis 43:14

may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

2 Chronicles 6:40

Now, O my God, let thy eyes be open and thy ears attentive to a prayer of this place.

Ezra 1:1

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Nehemiah 1:6

let thy ear be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I now pray before thee day and night for the people of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned.

Nehemiah 2:1

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Ar-ta-xerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

Nehemiah 2:8

and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house which I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.

Psalm 106:46

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

Psalm 130:2

Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!

Psalm 61:5

For thou, O God, hast heard my vows, thou hast given me the heritage of those who fear thy name.

Psalm 86:6

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; hearken to my cry of supplication.

Proverbs 1:29

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

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Jeremiah 42:12

I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy on you and let you remain in your own land.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another; the Lord heeded and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought on his name.

Hebrews 13:18

Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.