Ezra 8:23

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Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and He granted our request.

Jeremiah 29:12-13

You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

1 Chronicles 5:20

They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He granted their request because they trusted in Him.

Deuteronomy 4:29

But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

We set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God, and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

Esther 4:16

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, day or night. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

Psalm 66:18-20

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

Isaiah 19:22

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will return to the Lord and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

Jeremiah 33:3

Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.

Jeremiah 50:4-5

In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Matthew 7:7-8

“Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

Luke 2:37

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

Acts 10:30

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me

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Summary

Ezra 8:23

So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

We fasted

Acts 10:30

Besought

Jeremiah 29:12

Jeremiah 33:3

Jeremiah 50:4

And he was intreated

Bible References

We fasted

On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

and was a widow for 84 years. She did not leave the temple complex, serving God night and day with fasting and prayers.

Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon, I was praying in my house. Just then a man in a dazzling robe stood before me

Besought

You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.

In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.

And he was intreated

We set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,

and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way.

But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.

They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He granted their request because they trusted in Him.

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

If I had been aware of malice in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will return to the Lord and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

“Keep asking,

and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you.