13 And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God.

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23 So we fasted(A) and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

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20 They were helped(A) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried(B) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted(C) in him.

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25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched(A) with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High(B) is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.(C)

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You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love(A) to all who call to you.

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11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(A)
    from the least of them to the greatest.

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Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(A) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(B)

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10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(A)

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42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.[a](A)

43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power

Ask, Seek, Knock(A)

“Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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33 But seek first his kingdom(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(B)

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34 At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity(A) was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.(B)

His dominion is an eternal dominion;
    his kingdom(C) endures from generation to generation.(D)
35 All the peoples of the earth
    are regarded as nothing.(E)
He does as he pleases(F)
    with the powers of heaven
    and the peoples of the earth.
No one can hold back(G) his hand(H)
    or say to him: “What have you done?”(I)

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12 Then you will call(A) on me and come and pray(B) to me, and I will listen(C) to you. 13 You will seek(D) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(E)

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I will give them a heart to know(A) me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people,(B) and I will be their God, for they will return(C) to me with all their heart.(D)

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Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)

“For my thoughts(I) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(J)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(K)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(L)

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.(A)

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When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
    he causes their enemies to make peace(A) with them.(B)

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10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;(A)
    I will be exalted(B) among the nations,
    I will be exalted in the earth.”

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When I kept silent,(A)
    my bones wasted away(B)
    through my groaning(C) all day long.
For day and night
    your hand was heavy(D) on me;
my strength was sapped(E)
    as in the heat of summer.[a]

Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.(F)
I said, “I will confess(G)
    my transgressions(H) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.

16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)

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  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

16 he may speak(A) in their ears
    and terrify them(B) with warnings,(C)
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
    and keep them from pride,(D)
18 to preserve them from the pit,(E)
    their lives from perishing by the sword.[a](F)

19 “Or someone may be chastened(G) on a bed of pain(H)
    with constant distress in their bones,(I)
20 so that their body finds food(J) repulsive
    and their soul loathes the choicest meal.(K)
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
    and their bones,(L) once hidden, now stick out.(M)
22 They draw near to the pit,(N)
    and their life to the messengers of death.[b](O)
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
    a messenger,(P) one out of a thousand,
    sent to tell them how to be upright,(Q)
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
    ‘Spare them from going down to the pit;(R)
    I have found a ransom for them(S)
25 let their flesh be renewed(T) like a child’s;
    let them be restored as in the days of their youth’(U)
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,(V)
    they will see God’s face and shout for joy;(W)
    he will restore them to full well-being.(X)
27 And they will go to others and say,
    ‘I have sinned,(Y) I have perverted what is right,(Z)
    but I did not get what I deserved.(AA)
28 God has delivered(AB) me from going down to the pit,(AC)
    and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’(AD)

29 “God does all these things to a person(AE)
    twice, even three times(AF)
30 to turn them back(AG) from the pit,(AH)
    that the light of life(AI) may shine on them.(AJ)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 33:18 Or from crossing the river
  2. Job 33:22 Or to the place of the dead

27 You will pray to him,(A) and he will hear you,(B)
    and you will fulfill your vows.(C)

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23 If you return(A) to the Almighty, you will be restored:(B)
    If you remove wickedness far from your tent(C)

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27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s heart(A) to bring honor(B) to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this way

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You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink.(A) I did this so that you might know that I am the Lord your God.”(B)

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