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
may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you -- both I myself and my family have sinned.
Psalm 86:6
O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
Psalm 130:2
O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Who desire

Proverbs 1:29
Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.

Grant

Nehemiah 2:8
and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king's nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go." So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.
Genesis 32:11
Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.
Genesis 43:14
May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them."
Ezra 1:1
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord's message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following:
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

For i was

Nehemiah 2:1
Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king's presence.
Genesis 40:2
Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,
Genesis 41:9
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I recall my failures.

General references

Exodus 3:21
"I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.
Jeremiah 42:12
I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.'
Daniel 1:9
Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel.

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