Neh.1.4

Nehemiah 1:4

KJV

¶ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Nehemiah’s Prayer

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16

KJV

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

David’s Loss and Repentance

Loss of a Child

Ezra 9:3

KJV

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples

Ezra 10:1

KJV

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

Shecaniah’s Encouragement

Reconciliation with God

Nehemiah 2:4

KJV

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem

Psalm 136:26

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O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

His Loving Devotion Endures Forever

Psalm 137:1

KJV

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

By the Rivers of Babylon

Daniel 10:2

KJV

In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.

Daniel’s Vision by the Tigris

Daniel Is Terrified by a Vision

Jonah 1:9

KJV

And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.