Ezra 8:22

Ezra Proclaims A Fast

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. ²² For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him.” ²³ So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty.

Fierce Anger

Ezra

2 Chronicles 15:2

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Ezra 7:6

This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

Ezra 7:9

For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.

Ezra 7:28

and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

1 Peter 3:12

“For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Joshua 23:16

When you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which He has given you.”

1 Chronicles 28:9

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”

Psalm 21:8-9

Your hand will find out all your enemies;
Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

Psalm 33:18-19

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

Psalm 34:15-16

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry.

Psalm 34:22

The Lord redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

Psalm 90:11

Who understands the power of Your anger
And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?

Isaiah 3:10-11

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Lamentations 3:25

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the person who seeks Him.

Zephaniah 1:2-6

“I will completely remove all things
From the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

Romans 8:28

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one.

2 Corinthians 7:14

For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one shall live by faith;
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.