Deuteronomy 26:15
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15 (A)Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.’
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Isaiah 63:15
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Prayer for Mercy
15 (A)Look down from heaven and see,
(B)from your holy and beautiful[a] habitation.
Where are (C)your zeal and your might?
The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
are held back from me.
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- Isaiah 63:15 Or holy and glorious
Zechariah 2:13
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13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
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Acts 7:49
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49 (A)“‘Heaven is my throne,
(B)and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
Jeremiah 31:23
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23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, (A)when I restore their fortunes:
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Isaiah 66:1-2
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The Humble and Contrite in Spirit
66 (A)Thus says the Lord:
(B)“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
2 (C)All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(D)But this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
1 Kings 8:43
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43 hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order (A)that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and (B)fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.
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1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, (A)heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
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Hebrews 6:13-18
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The Certainty of God's Promise
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, (A)he swore by himself, 14 saying, (B)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham,[a] (C)having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes (D)an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to (E)the heirs of the promise (F)the unchangeable character of his purpose, (G)he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which (H)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope (I)set before us.
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- Hebrews 6:15 Greek he
Matthew 6:9
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9 (A)Pray then like this:
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- Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
Isaiah 61:1
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The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
Isaiah 57:15
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Psalm 137:5-6
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5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
(A)let my right hand forget its skill!
6 Let my (B)tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
above my highest joy!
Psalm 102:19-20
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19 that he (A)looked down from his holy height;
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
20 to hear (B)the groans of the prisoners,
to set free (C)those who were doomed to die,
Psalm 90:17
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17 Let the (A)favor[a] of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish (B)the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!
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- Psalm 90:17 Or beauty
Psalm 51:18
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Psalm 28:9
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Deuteronomy 26:7
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7 Then (A)we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression.
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Psalm 115:12-15
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12 The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us;
he will bless (A)the house of Israel;
he will bless (B)the house of Aaron;
13 he will (C)bless those who fear the Lord,
(D)both the small and the great.
14 May the Lord (E)give you increase,
you and your children!
15 May (F)you be blessed by the Lord,
(G)who made heaven and earth!
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