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Nehemiah 1:11
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Nehemiah 1:11
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11 O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[a] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.”
In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.
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- 1:11 Hebrew today in the sight of this man.
Nehemiah 1:11
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Nehemiah 1:11
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11 Lord, let your ear be attentive(A) to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor(B) in the presence of this man.”
I was cupbearer(C) to the king.
Nehemiah 1:6
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Nehemiah 1:6
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6 listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!
Nehemiah 1:6
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Nehemiah 1:6
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Nehemiah 2:8
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Nehemiah 2:8
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8 And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king’s forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.
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Nehemiah 2:8
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Nehemiah 2:8
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8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal park, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel(A) by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my God was on me,(B) the king granted my requests.(C)
Nehemiah 2:1
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Nehemiah 2:1
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Nehemiah Goes to Jerusalem
2 Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[a] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.
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- 2:1 Hebrew In the month of Nisan. This month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar occurred within the months of April and May 445 B.c.
Nehemiah 2:1
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Nehemiah 2:1
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Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem
2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,(A) when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before,
Hebrews 13:18
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Hebrews 13:18
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18 Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do.
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Hebrews 13:18
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Hebrews 13:18
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18 Pray for us.(A) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(B) and desire to live honorably in every way.
Proverbs 21:1
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Proverbs 21:1
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21 The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord;
he guides it wherever he pleases.
Proverbs 21:1
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Proverbs 21:1
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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)
Ezra 7:6
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Ezra 7:6
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6 This Ezra was a scribe who was well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given to the people of Israel. He came up to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the king gave him everything he asked for, because the gracious hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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Ezra 7:6
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Ezra 7:6
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6 this Ezra(A) came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted(B) him everything he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.(C)
Psalm 130:2
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Psalm 130:2
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2 Hear my cry, O Lord.
Pay attention to my prayer.
Psalm 130:2
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Psalm 130:2
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Psalm 86:6
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Psalm 86:6
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6 Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord;
hear my urgent cry.
Psalm 86:6
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Psalm 86:6
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6 Hear my prayer, Lord;
listen to my cry(A) for mercy.
Ezra 7:27-28
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Ezra 7:27-28
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Ezra Praises the Lord
27 Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem! 28 And praise him for demonstrating such unfailing love to me by honoring me before the king, his council, and all his mighty nobles! I felt encouraged because the gracious hand of the Lord my God was on me. And I gathered some of the leaders of Israel to return with me to Jerusalem.
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Ezra 7:27-28
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Ezra 7:27-28
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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 28 and who has extended his good favor(C) to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me,(D) I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
Ezra 1:1
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Ezra 1:1
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Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Return
1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,[a] the Lord fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah.[b] He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:
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- 1:1a The first year of Cyrus’s reign over Babylon was 538 B.c.
- 1:1b See Jer 25:11-12; 29:10.
Ezra 1:1
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Ezra 1:1
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Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return(A)
1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah,(B) the Lord moved the heart(C) of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
Genesis 40:21
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Genesis 40:21
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21 He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup.
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Genesis 40:21
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Genesis 40:21
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21 He restored the chief cupbearer(A) to his position,(B) so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand(C)—
Isaiah 26:8-9
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Isaiah 26:8-9
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8 Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
9 In the night I search for you;
in the morning[a] I earnestly seek you.
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.
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- 26:9 Hebrew within me.
Isaiah 26:8-9
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Isaiah 26:8-9
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