Nehemiah 1:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Let now

Nehemiah 1:6

Psalm 86:6

Psalm 130:2

Who desire

Proverbs 1:29

Isaiah 26:8

Hebrews 13:18

Grant

For i was

Nehemiah 2:1

Genesis 40:2

Genesis 41:9

General references

Exodus 3:21

Jeremiah 42:12

Daniel 1:9

Bible References

Let now

Please, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying before you by day and by night for your servants, the {Israelites}, and confessing the sins of the {Israelites} that we have sinned against you. I and my father's house have sinned.

Heed, O Yahweh, my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

"O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

Who desire

Since they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Yahweh,

Surely we wait for you [in] the path of your judgments, Yahweh, for your name and renown [are the] desire of [the] soul.

Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a good conscience, [and] want to conduct ourselves commendably in every [way].

Grant

Also, a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's land reserve, that he should give me timber for laying the beams for the gates of the citadel of the house and for the walls of the city, and for the house which I will enter." And the king gave [permission] to me, according to the good hand of God on me.

Please rescue me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and attack mother and children [alike].

And may El-Shaddai grant you compassion before the man that he may release your other brother to you and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved."

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to accomplish the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, Yahweh stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia and he sent a message to all of his kingdom and also [put the message] in writing:

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh the God of Israel gave. The king granted him all his requests, for the hand of Yahweh was upon him.

Streams of water [are] the heart of a king in the hand of Yahweh; {wherever} he will desire, he will turn.

For i was

It happened in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. And I had never been sad before the king.

And Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, with the chief cupbearer and chief baker.

Then the chief of the cupbearers spoke with Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my sins today.

General references

And I will give this people favor in the eyes of [the] Egyptians, {and then} when you go, you will not go empty-handed.

And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and will restore you to your soil.

And God gave Daniel favor and compassion {before} the commander of the court officials,