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

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

Who desire

Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of Jehovah;

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.

Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.

Grant

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

And the Almighty God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved.

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

The king's heart in the hand of Jehovah is as brooks of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

For i was

And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad in his presence.

And Pharaoh was wroth with his two chamberlains with the chief of the cup-bearers and with the chief of the bakers;

Then spoke the chief of the cup-bearers to Pharaoh, saying, I remember mine offences this day.

General references

And I will give this people favour in the eyes of the Egyptians, and it shall come to pass, when ye go out, that ye shall not go out empty;

And I will grant mercies to you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.

And God granted Daniel favour and mercy before the prince of the eunuchs.