Psalms 34:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

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  • Ps 34:17 : 17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.
  • Job 36:7 : 7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.
  • Ps 33:18 : 18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.
  • Ps 130:2 : 2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
  • 1 Pet 3:12 : 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
  • 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.
  • Dan 9:17-23 : 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. 19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name. 20 And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God; 21 Even while I was still in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at first when my weariness was great, put his hand on me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And teaching me and talking to me he said, O Daniel, I have come now to give you wisdom. 23 At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.
  • Isa 37:14-21 : 14 And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord, 15 And he made prayer to the Lord, saying, 16 O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 17 Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God. 18 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste all the nations and their lands, 19 And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction. 20 But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord. 21 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

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  • 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • Ps 34:16-19
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    16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to take away the memory of them from the earth.

    17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

    18 The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

    19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

  • 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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    29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

    30 The light of the eyes is a joy to the heart, and good news makes the bones fat.

  • Ps 33:18-19
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    18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

    19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

  • 7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • 15 My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

  • 8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

  • Ps 17:1-2
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    1 <A Prayer. Of David.> Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

    2 Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

  • 32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • 17 For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

  • 28 So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

  • 21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • 3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • 14 Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.

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

  • 15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

  • 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

  • 7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

  • 42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

  • 6 This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.

  • 4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

  • 5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

  • 13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • 5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

  • 13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

  • 12 But, O Lord of armies, testing the upright and seeing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them; for I have put my cause before you.

  • 12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • 25 Keep your eyes on what is in front of you, looking straight before you.

  • 17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • 2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

  • 13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?

  • 15 He makes the wrong done to the poor the way of their salvation, opening their ears by their trouble.

  • 52 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.

  • 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

  • 22 You have seen this, O Lord; be not unmoved: O Lord, be not far from me.

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    3 See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

  • 7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • 1 <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

  • 39 But the Lord is the saviour of the upright: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

  • 5 Then were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the upright.

  • 6 My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

  • 14 So the Lord has been watching over this evil and has made it come on us: for the Lord our God is upright in all his acts which he has done, and we have not given ear to his voice.