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 the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Set forth

Psalm 5:3
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; early will I present myself unto thee and wait.

As incense

Exodus 30:7
And Aaron shall burn sweet incense thereon every morning; when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn it.
Leviticus 10:1
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer and put fire therein and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had never commanded them.
Leviticus 16:11
And Aaron shall cause the bullock of his own sin to be brought and shall make the reconciliation for himself and for his house and shall kill the bullock of his own sin.
Numbers 16:35
And fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered unto my name, and a clean offering; for my name is great among the Gentiles, said the LORD of the hosts.
Luke 1:9
according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense entering into the temple of the Lord.
Revelation 5:8
And when he had taken the book, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell on their faces before the Lamb, each one of them having harps, and golden vials full of incense, which are the prayers of saints.
Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense of the prayers of all the saints, that he should offer upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

The lifting

Psalm 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
Psalm 63:4
Thus will I bless thee in my life; in thy name shall I lift up my hands.
Psalm 134:2
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
1 Timothy 2:8
I desire, therefore, that the men in every place, pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and strife.

The evening

Exodus 29:39
The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt offer at evening.
1 Kings 18:36
And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, LORD God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel and that I am thy slave and that I have done all these things at thy word.
Ezra 9:4
Then each one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of the transgression of those that had been carried away were assembled unto me; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
Daniel 9:21
I was even yet speaking in prayer, and that man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

General references

Leviticus 2:16
And the priest shall incense the memorial of it, part of the beaten grain thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: this shall be an offering on fire unto the LORD.
Psalm 88:2
let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry;
Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.