Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
Cross References
Genesis 32:11Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
Genesis 40:2Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
Genesis 40:21Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
Genesis 41:9Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.
Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
Ezra 7:27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 1:6-11
Nehemiah's Prayer. ( b. c. 445.) 5 And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. 7 We… Read the whole commentary →