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.

Bible References

Let now

Nehemiah 1:6
let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Psalm 86:6
Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my plea for mercy.
Psalm 130:2
Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.

Who desire

Proverbs 1:29
Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, Yahweh, we wait for You
in the path of Your judgments.
Our desire is for Your name and renown.
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us; for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything.

Grant

Nehemiah 2:8
And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress, the city wall, and the home where I will live.” The king granted my requests, for I was graciously strengthened by my God.
Genesis 32:11
Please rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.
Genesis 43:14
May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.”
Ezra 1:1
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
Ezra 7:6
—came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of Yahweh his God was on him.
Proverbs 21:1
A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.

For i was

Nehemiah 2:1
During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
Genesis 40:2
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
Genesis 41:9
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults.

General references

Exodus 3:21
And I will give these people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.
Jeremiah 42:12
I will grant you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and allow you to return to your own soil.
Daniel 1:9
God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

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