1 Kings 8:52

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.
  • 2 Chr 6:40 : 40 Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:28-30
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    28 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

    29 That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

    30 Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    81%

    53 For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:58-59
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    58 Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

    59 And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need.

  • 1 Kgs 8:48-51
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    48 And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:

    49 Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;

    50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

    51 For they are your people and your heritage, which you took out of Egypt, out of the iron fireplace;

  • 2 Chr 6:19-21
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    19 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

    20 That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

    21 And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

  • 2 Chr 6:39-40
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    39 Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

    40 Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

  • Neh 1:6
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    6 Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

  • 1 Kgs 8:33-34
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    33 When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

    34 Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 8:38
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    38 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
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    21 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?

    22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

  • 2 Chr 7:15
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    15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:40-45
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    40 So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.

    41 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name:

    42 (For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm;) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

    43 Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.

    44 If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:

    45 Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:36
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    36 Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

  • Neh 1:10
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    10 Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have made yours by your great power and by your strong hand.

  • 2 Chr 6:24-25
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    24 And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

    25 Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
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    26 So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

  • 1 Chr 29:18
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    18 O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;

  • 2 Chr 6:29
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    29 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

  • Ps 123:1
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    1 <A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

  • Ps 119:18
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    18 Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

  • Dan 9:17-18
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    17 And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord.

    18 O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

  • 1 Kgs 3:8
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    8 And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

  • 2 Chr 6:27
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    27 Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

  • Deut 9:27
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    27 Keep in mind your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, not looking at the hard heart of this people, or their evil-doing and their sin:

  • 2 Chr 6:31-32
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    31 So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

    32 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

  • 1 Chr 17:19
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    19 O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

  • Jer 42:9
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    9 And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him:

  • 2 Chr 6:34-35
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    34 If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:

    35 Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

  • Deut 26:15
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    15 So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Ps 106:5
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    5 So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.