1 Kings 9:3
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3 The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before me; I have consecrated this house that you have built and put my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.(A)
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1 Kings 8:29
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29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may heed the prayer that your servant prays toward this place.(A)
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Psalm 10:17
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17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear(A)
2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Turn back and say to Hezekiah prince of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.(A)
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Deuteronomy 11:12
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12 a land that the Lord your God looks after. The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
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1 John 5:14
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14 And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
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Psalm 116:1
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Psalm 116
Thanksgiving for Recovery from Illness
1 I love the Lord because he has heard
my voice and my supplications.(A)
2 Chronicles 6:40
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40 Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to prayer from this place.(A)
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Matthew 6:9
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9 “Pray, then, in this way:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be revered as holy.
Daniel 9:23
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23 At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to declare it, for you are greatly beloved. So consider the word and understand the vision:(A)
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Psalm 132:13-14
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13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
he has desired it for his habitation:(A)
14 “This is my resting place forever;
here I will reside, for I have desired it.
Psalm 66:19
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19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(A)
2 Chronicles 7:15-16
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15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.(A) 16 For now I have chosen and consecrated this house so that my name may be there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.(B)
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1 Kings 8:10-11
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10 And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord,(A) 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
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Exodus 20:11
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11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.(A)
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Acts 10:31
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31 He said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.
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Jeremiah 15:1
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Punishment Is Inevitable
15 Then the Lord said to me: Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!(A)
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Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 Rejoice before the Lord your God—you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female slaves, the Levites resident in your towns, as well as the strangers, the orphans, and the widows who are among you—at the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:21
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21 If the place where the Lord your God will choose to put his name is too far from you, and you slaughter as I have commanded you any of your herd or flock that the Lord has given you, then you may eat within your towns whenever you desire.
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Deuteronomy 12:11
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11 then you shall bring everything that I command you to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all your choice votive gifts that you vow to the Lord.(A)
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Deuteronomy 12:5
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5 But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,(A)
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Numbers 16:38
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38 For the censers of these sinners have become holy at the cost of their lives. Make them into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they presented them before the Lord and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the Israelites.”(A)
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John 11:42
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42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”(A)
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