Ezra 1:5

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

Philippians 2:13

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

2 Chronicles 36:22

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

Nehemiah 2:12

And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.

Proverbs 16:1

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

James 1:16-17

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

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Summary

Ezra 1:5

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Whose spirit

General references

Exodus 35:21

Psalm 102:14

Bible References

Whose spirit

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the Lord

by the mouth of Jeremiah—the Lord

stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus.

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.

Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

General references

Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s

contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.

Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones
And feel pity for her dust.