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
As incense
The lifting
The evening
General references
Bible References
Let my prayer
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Set forth
Psalm 5:3
My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.
As incense
Exodus 30:7
And on this altar sweet spices are to be burned by Aaron every morning when he sees to the lights.
Leviticus 10:1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.
Leviticus 16:11
And Aaron is to give the ox of the sin-offering for himself and take away sin from himself and his house, and put to death the ox of the sin-offering which is for himself.
Numbers 16:35
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
Malachi 1:11
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
Luke 1:9
And as was the way of the priests, he had to go into the Temple to see to the burning of perfumes.
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.
Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.
The lifting
Psalm 28:2
Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.
1 Timothy 2:8
It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.
The evening
Exodus 29:39
One lamb is to be offered in the morning and the other in the evening:
1 Kings 18:36
Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.
Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.
Daniel 9:21
Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great, put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering.
Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;
General references
Leviticus 2:16
And part of the meal of the offering and part of the oil and all the perfume is to be burned for a sign by the priest: it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
Psalm 88:2
Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:
Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.