Nehemiah 2:20
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20 Then I replied to them, “The God of heaven is the one who will give us success, and we his servants are going to start building, but you have no share or claim or memorial in Jerusalem.”(A)
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Ezra 4:3
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3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, “You shall have no part with us in building a house for our God, but we alone will build for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus of Persia has commanded us.”(A)
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Acts 8:21
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21 You have no part or share in this, for your heart is not right before God.(A)
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.(A)
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Acts 10:31
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31 He said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.
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Psalm 35:27
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27 Let those who desire my vindication
shout for joy and be glad
and say evermore,
“Great is the Lord,
who delights in the welfare of his servant.”(A)
Isaiah 56:5
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5 I will give, in my house and within my walls,
a monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:18
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18 It is good that you should take hold of the one without letting go of the other, for the one who fears God shall succeed with both.
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Psalm 51:18
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18 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem;(A)
Psalm 20:5
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5 May we shout for joy over your victory
and in the name of our God set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.(A)
Acts 10:4
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4 He stared at him in terror and said, “What is it, Lord?” He answered, “Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.(A)
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Zechariah 6:14
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14 And the crown[a] shall be in the care of Heldai,[b] Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah[c] son of Zephaniah, as a memorial in the temple of the Lord.
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Psalm 122:6
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6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.(A)
Esther 4:11
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11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that, if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law: to be put to death. Only if the king holds out the golden scepter to someone may that person live. I myself have not been called to come in to the king for thirty days.”(A)
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2 Chronicles 26:5
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5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear[a] of God, and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.(A)
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- 26.5 Gk: Heb the visions
Psalm 102:13-14
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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to favor it;
the appointed time has come.(A)
14 For your servants hold its stones dear
and have pity on its dust.
Numbers 10:10
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10 Also on your days of rejoicing, at your appointed festivals, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over your sacrifices of well-being; they shall serve as a reminder on your behalf before the Lord your God: I am the Lord your God.”(A)
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Exodus 28:29
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29 So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a continual remembrance before the Lord.(A)
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Leviticus 24:7
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7 You shall put pure frankincense with each row, to be a token offering for the bread, as an offering by fire[a] to the Lord.
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Leviticus 2:2
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2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. After taking from it a handful of the choice flour and oil, with all its frankincense, the priest shall turn this token portion into smoke on the altar, an offering by fire[a] of pleasing odor to the Lord.(A)
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