Verse 11

Please, Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man.” Now I was cupbearer for the king.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 1:6 : 6 may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you– both I myself and my family have sinned.
  • Neh 2:1 : 1 Nehemiah Is Permitted to Go to Jerusalem Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king’s presence.
  • Gen 40:21 : 21 He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,
  • Gen 40:23 : 23 But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph– he forgot him.
  • Gen 41:9 : 9 Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh,“Today I recall my failures.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 May the Sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”
  • Ezra 1:1 : 1 ¶ The Decree of Cyrus In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the LORD’s message spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD motivated King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his kingdom and also to put it in writing. It read:
  • Ezra 7:6 : 6 This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the LORD his God was on him.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the LORD which is in Jerusalem! 28 He has also conferred his favor on me before the king, his advisers, and all the influential leaders of the king. I gained strength as the hand of the LORD my God was on me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
  • Gen 32:11 : 11 Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.”
  • Gen 40:2 : 2 Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker,
  • Gen 40:9-9 : 9 So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph:“In my dream, there was a vine in front of me. 10 On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes. 11 Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.” 12 “This is its meaning,” Joseph said to him.“The three branches represent three days. 13 In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.
  • Neh 2:8 : 8 and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king’s nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go.” So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.
  • Ps 86:6 : 6 O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
  • Ps 130:2 : 2 O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, as your judgments unfold, O LORD, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow. 9 I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.