Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Let my prayer

Set forth

Bible References

Let my prayer

Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Set forth

Psalm 5:3
O LORD, in the morning thou shall hear my voice. In the morning I will direct to thee, and will keep watch.

As incense

Exodus 30:7
And Aaron shall burn in it incense of sweet spices. Every morning, when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
Leviticus 10:1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each of them took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before LORD, which he had not commanded them.
Leviticus 16:11
And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself.
Numbers 16:35
And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name [is] great among the Gentiles. And in every place incense [is] offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name [is] great among the Gentiles, says LORD
Luke 1:9
that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord.
Revelation 5:8
And when he took the book, the four beings and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls containing incense, which are the prayers of the sanctified.
Revelation 8:3
And another agent came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer. And much incense was given to him, so that he would give with the prayers of all the sanctified upon the golden altar before the throne.

The lifting

Psalm 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalm 63:4
So I will bless thee while I live. I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalm 134:2
Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye LORD.
1 Timothy 2:8
I desire therefore the men to pray in every place, lifting up devout hands, apart from anger and argument.

The evening

Exodus 29:39
The one lamb thou shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shall offer at evening.
1 Kings 18:36
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the [evening] oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou are God in Israel, and
Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of the trespass of those of the captivity, and I sat confounded until the evening oblation.
Daniel 9:21
yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
Acts 3:1
Now at the same time Peter and John were going up into the temple, at the hour of prayer, the ninth.

General references

Leviticus 2:16
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the crushed grain of it, and part of the oil of it, with all the frankincense of it. It is an offering made by fire to LORD.
Psalm 88:2
Let my prayer enter into thy presence. Incline thine ear to my cry.
Revelation 8:4
And the vapor of the incense, with the prayers of the sanctified, ascended before God out of the agent's hand.