Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
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Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
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Genesis 14:12
And in addition they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who was living in Sodom, and all his goods.
Numbers 31:9
The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;
Deuteronomy 20:14
But the women and the children and the cattle and everything in the town and all its wealth, you may take for yourselves: the wealth of your haters, which the Lord your God has given you, will be your food.
Deuteronomy 21:11
If among the prisoners you see a beautiful woman and it is your desire to make her your wife;
2 Kings 25:6
And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
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Genesis 18:3
And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:
Genesis 30:27
And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
Genesis 33:15
And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?
Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.
Genesis 47:25
And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
Numbers 11:11
And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?
Numbers 11:15
If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.
1 Samuel 16:22
And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.
1 Kings 11:19
Now Hadad was very pleasing to Pharaoh, so that he gave him the sister of his wife, Tahpenes the queen, for his wife.
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Genesis 24:31
And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.
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Genesis 27:10
And you will take it to him, so that he may have a good meal and give you his blessing before his death.
1 Thessalonians 3:10
Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.
1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
Hebrews 13:19
I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.
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Genesis 33:4
Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.
Genesis 43:30
Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.
Genesis 43:34
And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of the others. And they took wine freely with him.
Genesis 45:2
And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 45:15
Then he gave a kiss to all his brothers, weeping over them; and after that his brothers had no fear of talking to him.
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Genesis 39:6
And he gave Joseph control of all his property, keeping no account of anything, but only the food which was put before him. Now Joseph was very beautiful in form and face.
Proverbs 22:29
Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.
Daniel 1:19
And the king had talk with them; and among them all there was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were given places before the king.
Daniel 2:49
And at Daniel's request, the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego authority over the business of the land of Babylon: but Daniel was kept near the king's person.
Daniel 3:30
Then the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego even greater authority in the land of Babylon.
Daniel 6:1
Darius was pleased to put over the kingdom a hundred and twenty captains, who were to be all through the kingdom;
Daniel 6:2
And over them were three chief rulers, of whom Daniel was one; and the captains were to be responsible to the chief rulers, so that the king might undergo no loss.
Daniel 6:3
Then this Daniel did his work better than the chief rulers and the captains, because there was a special spirit in him; and it was the king's purpose to put him over all the kingdom.
Daniel 6:28
So this Daniel did well in the kingdom of Darius and in the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel 8:27
And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.
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Genesis 40:2
And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;
Genesis 40:9
Then the chief wine-servant gave Joseph an account of his dream, and said, In my dream I saw a vine before me;
Genesis 40:10
And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.
Genesis 40:12
Then Joseph said, This is the sense of your dream: the three branches are three days;
Genesis 40:23
But the wine-servant did not keep Joseph in mind or give a thought to him.
Genesis 41:9
Then the chief wine-servant said to Pharaoh, The memory of my sin comes back to me now;
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Exodus 11:3
And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.
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Exodus 12:36
And the Lord had given the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians so that they gave them whatever was requested. So they took away all their goods from the Egyptians.
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Leviticus 26:42
Then I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.
Leviticus 26:45
And because of them I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with their fathers, whom I took out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God: I am the Lord.
Psalms 105:8
He has kept his agreement in mind for ever, the word which he gave for a thousand generations;
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.
Jeremiah 33:20
The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times,
Jeremiah 33:21
Then my agreement with my servant David may be broken, so that he no longer has a son to take his place on the seat of the kingdom; and my agreement with the Levites, the priests, my servants.
Jeremiah 33:22
As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.
Jeremiah 33:23
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah 33:24
Have you taken note of what these people have said, The two families, which the Lord took for himself, he has given up? This they say, looking down on my people as being, in their eyes, no longer a nation.
Jeremiah 33:25
The Lord has said, If I have not made day and night, and if the limits of heaven and earth have not been fixed by me,
Jeremiah 33:26
Then I will give up caring for the seed of Jacob and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will let their fate be changed and will have mercy on them.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
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1 Samuel 1:13
For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.
2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.
Psalms 5:1
To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David. Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings.
Psalms 5:2
Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.
Psalms 17:1
A Prayer. Of David. Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.
Psalms 55:1
To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David. Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
Psalms 55:2
Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
Psalms 61:1
To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David. Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.
Psalms 61:2
From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.
Isaiah 37:17
Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
Daniel 9:17
And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord.
Daniel 9:19
O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
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1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.
1 Samuel 4:12
And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.
1 Samuel 30:8
Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.
Ezra 2:63
And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.
Job 2:12
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
Psalms 4:3
See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.
Proverbs 23:17
Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;
1 Corinthians 10:31
So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or in act, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving praise to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
Ezra 8:23
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
Nehemiah 2:12
And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.
Nehemiah 4:8
And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.
Esther 4:16
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
Psalms 102:13
You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted.
Psalms 102:14
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust.
Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.
Jeremiah 33:3
Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
Ezekiel 36:37
This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.
Daniel 6:10
And Daniel, on hearing that the writing had been signed, went into his house; (now he had windows in his room on the roof opening in the direction of Jerusalem;) and three times a day he went down on his knees in prayer and praise before his God, as he had done before.
Daniel 9:3
And turning my face to the Lord God, I gave myself up to prayer, requesting his grace, going without food, in haircloth and dust.
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Exodus 2:6
And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
2 Chronicles 28:15
And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.
Acts 7:21
And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.
1 Peter 3:8
Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
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1 Kings 8:30
Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.
Ezra 1:4
And whoever there may be of the rest of Israel, living in any place, let the men of that place give him help with offerings of silver and gold and goods and beasts, in addition to the offering freely given for the house of God in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1:5
Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1:6
And all their neighbours gave them help with offerings of vessels of silver and gold and goods and beasts and things of great value, in addition to what was freely offered.
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Ezra 4:21
Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.
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Genesis 39:23
And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.
Deuteronomy 28:58
If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;
2 Chronicles 26:5
He gave himself to searching after God in the days of Zechariah, who made men wise in the fear of God; and as long as he was true to the Lord, God made things go well for him.
Ezra 8:21
Then I gave orders for a time of going without food, there by the river Ahava, so that we might make ourselves low before our God in prayer, requesting from him a straight way for us and for our little ones and for all our substance.
Nehemiah 2:20
Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 26:9
In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
Isaiah 65:24
And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
Jeremiah 29:11
For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
Jeremiah 29:12
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Jeremiah 29:13
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
Micah 6:9
The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.
Revelation 15:4
What man is there who will not have fear before you, O Lord, and give glory to your name? because you only are holy; for all the nations will come and give worship before you; for your righteousness has been made clear.
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Nehemiah 1:2
That Hanani, one of my brothers, came with certain men from Judah; and in answer to my request for news of the Jews who had been prisoners and had got away, and of Jerusalem,
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Nehemiah 2:2
And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;
Nehemiah 6:15
So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
Psalms 10:17
Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:
Psalms 102:16
When the Lord has put up the walls of Zion, and has been been in his glory;
Psalms 102:17
When he has given ear to the prayer of the poor, and has not put his request on one side.
Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
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Ezra 7:9
For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.
Ezra 8:18
And by the help of our God they got for us Ish-sechel, one of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah with his sons and brothers, eighteen;
Ezra 8:31
Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.
Nehemiah 2:18
Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.
Nehemiah 4:15
And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work
Isaiah 50:2
Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.
Isaiah 59:1
Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:
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Nehemiah 7:2
I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.
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Esther 4:6
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.
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Esther 4:11
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.
Esther 5:2
And when the king saw Esther the queen waiting in the inner room, looking kindly on her he put out the rod of gold in his hand to her. So Esther came near and put her fingers on the top of the rod.
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Ezra 6:10
So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.
Psalms 20:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;
Psalms 20:2
May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;
Psalms 20:3
May he keep all your offerings in mind, and be pleased with the fat of your burned offerings; (Selah.)
Psalms 20:4
May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.
Psalms 20:9
Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.
Psalms 72:1
Of Solomon. Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
Jeremiah 29:7
And be working for the peace of the land to which I have had you taken away prisoners, and make prayer to the Lord for it: for in its peace you will have peace.
1 Timothy 2:2
For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.
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Psalms 34:4
I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.
Psalms 116:1
I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
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2 Samuel 15:31
And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.
Ezra 6:6
So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Apharsachites across the river, keep far from that place:
Ezra 9:8
And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
Nehemiah 5:19
Keep in mind, O my God, for my good, all I have done for this people.
Nehemiah 9:31
Even then, in your great mercy, you did not put an end to them completely, or give them up; for you are a God of grace and mercy.
Psalms 62:12
And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.
Psalms 90:16
Make your work clear to your servants, and your glory to their children.
Psalms 122:6
O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.
Psalms 127:1
A Song of the going up. Of Solomon. If the Lord is not helping the builders, then the building of a house is to no purpose: if the Lord does not keep the town, the watchman keeps his watch for nothing.
Isaiah 27:8
Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.
Romans 8:31
What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
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Deuteronomy 15:9
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
1 Samuel 10:27
But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.
Job 34:18
He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;
Psalms 101:3
I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.
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Psalms 76:10
The...will give you praise; the rest of...
Proverbs 21:30
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Isaiah 46:9
Let the things which are past come to your memory: for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like me;
Isaiah 46:10
Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Isaiah 46:11
Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.
Acts 4:26
The kings of the earth were lifted up, the rulers came together, against the Lord, and against his Christ:
Acts 4:27
For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
Acts 4:28
To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
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Proverbs 29:26
The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.
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Isaiah 36:2
And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's
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Isaiah 39:7
And your sons, even your offspring, will they take away to be unsexed servants in the house of the king of Babylon.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave into his hands Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he took them away into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he put the vessels into the store-house of his god.
Daniel 1:10
And the captain of the unsexed servants said to Daniel, I am in fear of my lord the king, who has given orders about your food and your drink; what if he sees you looking less happy than the other young men of your generation? then you would have put my head in danger from the king.
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Isaiah 58:12
And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.
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Isaiah 61:4
And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.
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Psalms 105:25
Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.
Psalms 119:5
If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
Psalms 119:36
Let my heart be turned to your unchanging word, and not to evil desire.
Jeremiah 10:23
O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps.
Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:
Jeremiah 32:40
And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
James 1:16
Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.
James 1:17
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.
James 1:18
Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
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Jeremiah 40:4
Now see, this day I am freeing you from the chains which are on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will keep an eye on you; but if it does not seem good to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not come: see, all the land is before you; if it seems good and right to you to go on living in the land,
Jeremiah 40:5
Then go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made ruler over the towns of Judah, and make your living-place with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the armed men gave him food and some money and let him go.
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Jeremiah 42:12
And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land.
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Ezekiel 16:60
But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.
Hosea 2:15
And I will give her vine-gardens from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will give her answer there as in the days when she was young, and as in the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Luke 1:72
To do acts of mercy to our fathers and to keep in mind his holy word,
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Daniel 2:4
Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in the Aramaean language, O King, have life for ever: give your servants an account of your dream, and we will make clear to you the sense of it.
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Daniel 3:9
They made answer and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O King, have life for ever.
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Psalms 86:6
O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests.
Psalms 102:1
A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord. Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.
Daniel 9:18
O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.
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Job 22:2
Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.
James 5:16
So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.
James 5:18
And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.
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