Verse 3

And I set{H5414}{(H8799)} my face{H6440} unto the Lord{H136} God{H430}, to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} by prayer{H8605} and supplications{H8469}, with fasting{H6685}, and sackcloth{H8242}, and ashes{H665}:

Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 8:21 : 21 Then I proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)} a fast{H6685} there, at the river{H5104} of Ahava{H163}, that we might afflict{H6031}{(H8692)} ourselves before{H6440} our God{H430}, to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} of him a right{H3477} way{H1870} for us, and for our little ones{H2945}, and for all our substance{H7399}.
  • Ezra 9:5 : 5 And at the evening{H6153} sacrifice{H4503} I arose up{H6965}{(H8804)} from my heaviness{H8589}; and having rent{H7167}{(H8800)} my garment{H899} and my mantle{H4598}, I fell{H3766}{(H8799)} upon my knees{H1290}, and spread out{H6566}{(H8799)} my hands{H3709} unto the LORD{H3068} my God{H430},
  • Ezra 10:6 : 6 Then Ezra{H5830} rose up{H6965}{(H8799)} from before{H6440} the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} into the chamber{H3957} of Johanan{H3076} the son{H1121} of Eliashib{H475}: and when he came{H3212}{(H8799)} thither, he did eat{H398}{(H8804)} no bread{H3899}, nor drink{H8354}{(H8804)} water{H4325}: for he mourned{H56}{(H8693)} because of the transgression{H4604} of them that had been carried away{H1473}.
  • Neh 1:4-9 : 4 And it came to pass, when I heard{H8085}{(H8800)} these words{H1697}, that I sat down{H3427}{(H8804)} and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}, and mourned{H56}{(H8691)} certain days{H3117}, and fasted{H6684}{(H8802)}, and prayed{H6419}{(H8693)} before{H6440} the God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, 5 And said{H559}{(H8799)}, I beseech{H577} thee, O LORD{H3068} God{H430} of heaven{H8064}, the great{H1419} and terrible{H3372}{(H8737)} God{H410}, that keepeth{H8104}{(H8802)} covenant{H1285} and mercy{H2617} for them that love{H157}{(H8802)} him and observe{H8104}{(H8802)} his commandments{H4687}: 6 Let thine ear{H241} now be attentive{H7183}, and thine eyes{H5869} open{H6605}{(H8803)}, that thou mayest hear{H8085}{(H8800)} the prayer{H8605} of thy servant{H5650}, which I pray{H6419}{(H8693)} before{H6440} thee now{H3117}, day{H3119} and night{H3915}, for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} thy servants{H5650}, and confess{H3034}{(H8693)} the sins{H2403} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, which we have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee: both I and my father's{H1} house{H1004} have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}. 7 We have dealt very{H2254}{(H8800)} corruptly{H2254}{(H8804)} against thee, and have not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the commandments{H4687}, nor the statutes{H2706}, nor the judgments{H4941}, which thou commandedst{H6680}{(H8765)} thy servant{H5650} Moses{H4872}. 8 Remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, the word{H1697} that thou commandedst{H6680}{(H8765)} thy servant{H5650} Moses{H4872}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, If ye transgress{H4603}{(H8799)}, I will scatter you abroad{H6327}{(H8686)} among the nations{H5971}: 9 But if ye turn{H7725}{(H8804)} unto me, and keep{H8104}{(H8804)} my commandments{H4687}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} them; though there were of you cast out{H5080}{(H8737)} unto the uttermost part{H7097} of the heaven{H8064}, yet will I gather{H6908}{(H8762)} them from thence, and will bring{H935}{(H8689)} them unto the place{H4725} that I have chosen{H977}{(H8804)} to set{H7931}{(H8763)} my name{H8034} there. 10 Now these are thy servants{H5650} and thy people{H5971}, whom thou hast redeemed{H6299}{(H8804)} by thy great{H1419} power{H3581}, and by thy strong{H2389} hand{H3027}. 11 O Lord{H136}, I beseech{H577} thee, let now thine ear{H241} be attentive{H7183} to the prayer{H8605} of thy servant{H5650}, and to the prayer{H8605} of thy servants{H5650}, who desire{H2655} to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} thy name{H8034}: and prosper{H6743}{(H8685)}, I pray thee, thy servant{H5650} this day{H3117}, and grant{H5414}{(H8798)} him mercy{H7356} in the sight{H6440} of this man{H376}. For I was the king's{H4428} cupbearer{H8248}{(H8688)}.
  • Neh 9:1 : 1 Now in the twenty{H6242} and fourth{H702} day{H3117} of this month{H2320} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} were assembled{H622}{(H8738)} with fasting{H6685}, and with sackclothes{H8242}, and earth{H127} upon them.
  • Esth 4:1-3 : 1 When Mordecai{H4782} perceived{H3045}{(H8804)} all that was done{H6213}{(H8738)}, Mordecai{H4782} rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and put on{H3847}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} with ashes{H665}, and went out{H3318}{(H8799)} into the midst{H8432} of the city{H5892}, and cried{H2199}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} and a bitter{H4751} cry{H2201}; 2 And came{H935}{(H8799)} even before{H6440} the king's{H4428} gate{H8179}: for none might enter{H935}{(H8800)} into the king's{H4428} gate{H8179} clothed{H3830} with sackcloth{H8242}. 3 And in every province{H4082}, whithersoever{H4725} the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} came{H5060}{(H8688)}, there was great{H1419} mourning{H60} among the Jews{H3064}, and fasting{H6685}, and weeping{H1065}, and wailing{H4553}; and many{H7227} lay{H3331}{(H8714)} in sackcloth{H8242} and ashes{H665}.
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, gather together{H3664}{(H8798)} all the Jews{H3064} that are present{H4672}{(H8737)} in Shushan{H7800}, and fast{H6684}{(H8798)} ye for me, and neither eat{H398}{(H8799)} nor drink{H8354}{(H8799)} three{H7969} days{H3117}, night{H3915} or day{H3117}: I also and my maidens{H5291} will fast{H6684}{(H8799)} likewise; and so{H3651} will I go{H935}{(H8799)} in unto the king{H4428}, which is not according to the law{H1881}: and if I perish{H6}{(H8804)}, I perish{H6}{(H8804)}.
  • Ps 35:13 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick{H2470}{(H8800)}, my clothing{H3830} was sackcloth{H8242}: I humbled{H6031}{H8765)} my soul{H5315} with fasting{H6685}; and my prayer{H8605} returned{H7725}{H8799)} into mine own bosom{H2436}.
  • Ps 69:10-11 : 10 When I wept{H1058}{H8799)}, and chastened my soul{H5315} with fasting{H6685}, that was to my reproach{H2781}. 11 I made{H5414}{H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} also my garment{H3830}; and I became a proverb{H4912} to them.
  • Ps 102:13-17 : 13 Thou shalt arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, and have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)} upon Zion{H6726}: for the time{H6256} to favour{H2603}{(H8800)} her, yea, the set time{H4150}, is come{H935}{(H8804)}. 14 For thy servants{H5650} take pleasure{H7521}{(H8804)} in her stones{H68}, and favour{H2603}{(H8779)} the dust{H6083} thereof. 15 So the heathen{H1471} shall fear{H3372}{(H8799)} the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, and all the kings{H4428} of the earth{H776} thy glory{H3519}. 16 When the LORD{H3068} shall build up{H1129}{(H8804)} Zion{H6726}, he shall appear{H7200}{(H8738)} in his glory{H3519}. 17 He will regard{H6437}{(H8804)} the prayer{H8605} of the destitute{H6199}, and not despise{H959}{(H8804)} their prayer{H8605}.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day{H3117} did the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} call{H7121}{(H8799)} to weeping{H1065}, and to mourning{H4553}, and to baldness{H7144}, and to girding{H2296}{(H8800)} with sackcloth{H8242}:
  • Jer 29:10-13 : 10 For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, That after{H6310} seventy{H7657} years{H8141} be accomplished{H4390}{(H8800)} at Babylon{H894} I will visit{H6485}{(H8799)} you, and perform{H6965}{(H8689)} my good{H2896} word{H1697} toward you, in causing you to return{H7725}{(H8687)} to this place{H4725}. 11 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} the thoughts{H4284} that I think{H2803}{(H8802)} toward you, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, thoughts{H4284} of peace{H7965}, and not of evil{H7451}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} you an expected{H8615} end{H319}. 12 Then shall ye call{H7121}{(H8804)} upon me, and ye shall go{H1980}{(H8804)} and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto me, and I will hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} unto you. 13 And ye shall seek{H1245}{(H8765)} me, and find{H4672}{(H8804)} me, when ye shall search{H1875}{(H8799)} for me with all your heart{H3824}.
  • Jer 33:3 : 3 Call{H7121}{(H8798)} unto me, and I will answer{H6030}{(H8799)} thee, and shew{H5046}{(H8686)} thee great{H1419} and mighty things{H1219}{(H8803)}, which thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} not.
  • Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; I will yet for this be enquired{H1875}{(H8735)} of by the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it for them; I will increase{H7235}{(H8686)} them with men{H120} like a flock{H6629}.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel{H1841} knew{H3046}{(H8754)} that the writing{H3792} was signed{H7560}{(H8752)}, he went{H5954}{(H8754)} into his house{H1005}; and his windows{H3551} being open{H6606}{(H8759)} in his chamber{H5952} toward{H5049} Jerusalem{H3390}, he kneeled{H1289}{(H8750)} upon{H5922} his knees{H1291} three{H8532} times{H2166} a day{H3118}, and prayed{H6739}{(H8743)}, and gave thanks{H3029}{(H8683)} before{H6925} his God{H426}, as{H6903}{H3606} he did{H1934}{(H8754)}{H5648}{(H8751)} aforetime{H4481}{H1836}{H6928}.
  • Dan 10:2-3 : 2 In those days{H3117} I Daniel{H1840} was mourning{H56}{(H8693)} three{H7969} full{H3117} weeks{H7620}. 3 I ate{H398}{(H8804)} no pleasant{H2532} bread{H3899}, neither came{H935}{(H8804)} flesh{H1320} nor wine{H3196} in my mouth{H6310}, neither did I anoint{H5480}{(H8804)} myself at all{H5480}{(H8800)}, till three{H7969} whole{H3117} weeks{H7620} were fulfilled{H4390}{(H8800)}.
  • Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird{H2296}{(H8798)} yourselves, and lament{H5594}{(H8798)}, ye priests{H3548}: howl{H3213}{(H8685)}, ye ministers{H8334}{(H8764)} of the altar{H4196}: come{H935}{(H8798)}, lie all night{H3885}{(H8798)} in sackcloth{H8242}, ye ministers{H8334}{(H8764)} of my God{H430}: for the meat offering{H4503} and the drink offering{H5262} is withholden{H4513}{(H8738)} from the house{H1004} of your God{H430}.
  • Joel 2:12 : 12 Therefore also now, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye even to me with all your heart{H3824}, and with fasting{H6685}, and with weeping{H1065}, and with mourning{H4553}:
  • Jonah 3:6-9 : 6 For word{H1697} came{H5060}{(H8799)} unto the king{H4428} of Nineveh{H5210}, and he arose{H6965}{(H8799)} from his throne{H3678}, and he laid{H5674}{(H8686)} his robe{H155} from him, and covered{H3680}{(H8762)} him with sackcloth{H8242}, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} in ashes{H665}. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed{H2199}{(H8686)} and published{H559}{(H8799)} through Nineveh{H5210} by the decree{H2940} of the king{H4428} and his nobles{H1419}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Let neither man{H120} nor beast{H929}, herd{H1241} nor flock{H6629}, taste{H2938}{(H8799)} any thing{H3972}: let them not feed{H7462}{(H8799)}, nor drink{H8354}{(H8799)} water{H4325}: 8 But let man{H120} and beast{H929} be covered{H3680}{(H8691)} with sackcloth{H8242}, and cry{H7121}{(H8799)} mightily{H2394} unto God{H430}: yea, let them turn{H7725}{(H8799)} every one{H376} from his evil{H7451} way{H1870}, and from the violence{H2555} that is in their hands{H3709}. 9 Who can tell{H3045}{(H8802)} if God{H430} will turn{H7725}{(H8799)} and repent{H5162}{(H8738)}, and turn away{H7725}{(H8804)} from his fierce{H2740} anger{H639}, that we perish{H6}{(H8799)} not?
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 And{G2532} she{G3778} was a widow{G5503} of about{G5613} fourscore{G3589} and four{G5064} years{G2094}, which{G3739} departed{G868}{(G5711)} not{G3756} from{G575} the temple{G2411}, but served{G3000}{(G5723)} God with fastings{G3521} and{G2532} prayers{G1162} night{G3571} and{G2532} day{G2250}.
  • Acts 10:30 : 30 And{G2532} Cornelius{G2883} said{G5346}{(G5713)}, Four{G5067} days{G2250} ago{G575} I was{G2252}{(G5713)} fasting{G3522}{(G5723)} until{G3360} this{G5026} hour{G5610}; and{G2532} at the ninth{G1766} hour{G5610} I prayed{G4336}{(G5740)} in{G1722} my{G3450} house{G3624}, and{G2532}, behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, a man{G435} stood{G2476}{(G5627)} before{G1799} me{G3450} in{G1722} bright{G2986} clothing{G2066},
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw nigh{G1448}{(G5657)} to God{G2316}, and{G2532} he will draw nigh{G1448}{(G5692)} to you{G5213}. Cleanse{G2511}{(G5657)} your hands{G5495}, ye sinners{G268}; and{G2532} purify{G48}{(G5657)} your hearts{G2588}, ye double minded{G1374}. 9 Be afflicted{G5003}{(G5657)}, and{G2532} mourn{G3996}{(G5657)}, and{G2532} weep{G2799}{(G5657)}: let your{G5216} laughter{G1071} be turned{G3344}{(G5649)} to{G1519} mourning{G3997}, and{G2532} your joy{G5479} to{G1519} heaviness{G2726}. 10 Humble yourselves{G5013}{(G5682)} in the sight{G1799} of the Lord{G2962}, and{G2532} he shall lift{G5312} you{G5209} up{G5312}{(G5692)}.
  • Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess{G1843}{(G5732)} your faults{G3900} one to another{G240}, and{G2532} pray{G2172}{(G5737)} one{G240} for{G5228} another{G240}, that{G3704} ye may be healed{G2390}{(G5686)}. The effectual fervent{G1754}{(G5734)} prayer{G1162} of a righteous man{G1342} availeth{G2480}{(G5719)} much{G4183}. 17 Elias{G2243} was{G2258}{(G5713)} a man{G444} subject to like passions as{G3663} we are{G2254}, and{G2532} he prayed{G4336}{(G5662)} earnestly{G4335} that it might{G1026} not{G3361} rain{G1026}{(G5658)}: and{G2532} it rained{G1026}{(G5656)} not{G3756} on{G1909} the earth{G1093} by the space of three{G5140} years{G1763} and{G2532} six{G1803} months{G3376}. 18 And{G2532} he prayed{G4336}{(G5662)} again{G3825}, and{G2532} the heaven{G3772} gave{G1325}{(G5656)} rain{G5205}, and{G2532} the earth{G1093} brought forth{G985}{(G5656)} her{G846} fruit{G2590}.