1 Kings 8:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

When they shall

2 Chronicles 20:8

Nehemiah 1:5

And hear

Forgive

Matthew 6:12

General references

Psalm 33:14

Bible References

When they shall

They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

Then I said, "Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant with those who love him and obey his commandments,

And hear

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive.

The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.

Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne?

A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.

Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored,

Forgive

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don't delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name."

and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

General references

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.