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.
As incense
The lifting
The evening
General references
Bible References
As incense
Luke 1:9
It fell to him by lot, in accordance with the practice among the priests, to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense;
Revelation 5:8
And, when he had taken the book, the four Creatures and the twenty-four Councillors prostrated themselves before the Lamb, each of them holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense. (These are the prayers of Christ's People.)
Revelation 8:3
Next, another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer in his hand; and a great quantity of incense was given to him, to mingle with the prayers of all Christ's People upon the golden altar before the throne.
The lifting
1 Timothy 2:8
My desire, then, is that it should be the custom everywhere for the men to lead the prayers, with hands reverently uplifted, avoiding heated controversy.
The evening
Acts 3:1
One day, as Peter and John were going up into the Temple Courts for the three o'clock Prayers, a man, who had been lame from his birth, was being carried by.
General references
Revelation 8:4
The smoke of the incense ascended, with the prayers of Christ's People, from the hand of the angel before God.