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Ezra 8:23
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Ezra 8:23
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23 So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty.(A)
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Ezra 8:23
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Ezra 8:23
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23 So we fasted(A) and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
Jeremiah 29:12-13
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Jeremiah 29:12-13
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12 Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.(A) 13 When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,(B)
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, Search, Knock
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.(A) 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.(B)
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, Seek, Knock(A)
7 “Ask and it will be given to you;(B) seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds;(C) and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Ezra 8:31
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Ezra 8:31
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The Return to Jerusalem
31 Then we left the River Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.(A)
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Ezra 8:31
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Ezra 8:31
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31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal(A) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,(B) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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12 While he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.(A) 13 He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord indeed was God.(B)
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2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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12 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled(A) himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 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.
1 Chronicles 5:20
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1 Chronicles 5:20
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20 and when they received help against them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried to God in the battle, and he granted their entreaty because they trusted in him.(A)
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1 Chronicles 5:20
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1 Chronicles 5:20
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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.
Deuteronomy 4:29
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Deuteronomy 4:29
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29 From there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.(A)
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Deuteronomy 4:29
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29 But if from there you seek(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul.(C)
Acts 10:30
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Acts 10:30
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30 Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this very hour, at three o’clock, I was praying in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling clothes stood before me.
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Acts 10:30
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Acts 10:30
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30 Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes(A) stood before me
Luke 2:37
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Luke 2:37
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37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(A)
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Luke 2:37
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Luke 2:37
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37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[a](A) She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.(B)
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- Luke 2:37 Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years.
Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.(A)
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Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)
Jeremiah 50:4-5
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
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4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the people of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall come weeping as they seek the Lord their God.(A) 5 They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, and they shall come and join themselves to the Lord by an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
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4 “In those days, at that time,”
declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
5 They will ask the way(D) to Zion
and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
in an everlasting covenant(F)
that will not be forgotten.
Jeremiah 33:3
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Jeremiah 33:3
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3 Call to me, and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.(A)
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Jeremiah 33:3
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3 ‘Call(A) to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable(B) things you do not know.’
Isaiah 19:22
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Isaiah 19:22
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22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but healing, so that they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their supplications and heal them.(A)
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Isaiah 19:22
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Isaiah 19:22
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22 The Lord will strike(A) Egypt with a plague;(B) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(C) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(D) them.
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