Ezra 8:23

The English Standar Version

So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.

Cross References

Genesis 25:21

And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

2 Kings 13:4

Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

1 Chronicles 5:20

And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.

Ezra 8:31

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.

Esther 4:16

"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Isaiah 19:22

And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 2:37

and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.[5] She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said, "Four days ago, about this hour, I was praying in my house at the ninth hour,[3] and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.