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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Psalm 66:19-20
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19 But truly God has listened;
he has heard the words of my prayer.(A)
20 Blessed be God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me.(B)
Psalm 39:12
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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
do not hold your peace at my tears.
For I am your passing guest,
an alien, like all my forebears.(A)
1 Samuel 9:16
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16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines, for I have seen the suffering of[a] my people, because their outcry has come to me.”(A)
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Isaiah 38:5
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5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.(A)
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2 Kings 19:20
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20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I have heard your prayer to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria.(A)
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Psalm 126:5
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5 May those who sow in tears
reap with shouts of joy.(A)
Psalm 147:3
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3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.(A)
Psalm 118:17-19
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17 I shall not die, but I shall live
and recount the deeds of the Lord.(A)
18 The Lord has punished me severely,
but he did not give me over to death.(B)
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.(C)
Psalm 56:8
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8 You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your record?(A)
Revelation 7:17
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17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(A)
James 5:14-15
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14 Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.(A) 15 The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up, and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.
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Joshua 5:14-15
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14 He replied, “Neither, but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?”(A) 15 The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.(B)
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