Ezra 8:23
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
So we fasted, and besought our God for this, and hee was intreated of vs.
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- Jeremiah 29:12–13Rank 1 from verse 23
12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
12†Then shall ye call vpon me, and ye shall goe and pray vnto mee, and I will hearken vnto you.
13And ye shall seeke me, and finde me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- Matthew 7:7–8Rank 2 from verse 23
7¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
7¶ *Aske, and it shalbe giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you.
8For euery one that asketh, receiueth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shalbe opened.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12–13Rank 3 from verse 23
12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
12And when hee was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himselfe greatly before the God of his fathers,
13And prayed vnto him, and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD hee was God.
31¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
31¶ Then wee departed from the riuer of Ahaua, on the twelfth day of the first moneth, to goe vnto Ierusalem; and the hand of our God was vpon vs, and hee deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
- Deuteronomy 4:29Rank 5 from verse 23
- 1 Chronicles 5:20Rank 6 from verse 23
20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were deliuered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battell, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
- Esther 4:16Rank 7 from verse 23
16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
16Goe, gather together all the Iewes that are †present in Shushan, and fast yee for me, and neither eate nor drinke three dayes, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I goe in vnto the king, which is not according to the Law, and if I perish, I perish.
- Isaiah 19:22Rank 8 from verse 23
22And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the Lord, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
22And the LORD shall smite Egypt, he shall smite and heale it, and they shall returne euen to the LORD, and he shalbe intreated of them, and shall heale them.
- Daniel 9:3Rank 9 from verse 23
- Jeremiah 33:3Rank 10 from verse 23
- Jeremiah 50:4–5Rank 11 from verse 23
4¶ In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.
5They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
4¶ In those daies, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they, and the children of Iudah together, going and weeping: they shall goe, and seeke the LORD their God.
5They shall aske the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let vs ioyne our selues to the LORD, in a perpetuall Couenant that shall not be forgotten.
- Nehemiah 9:1Rank 13 from verse 23
- Psalms 66:18–20Rank 14 from verse 23
18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
18If I regard iniquitie in my heart: the LORD will not heare me.
19 But verily God hath heard mee; hee hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed bee God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercie from me.
- Acts 10:30Rank 15 from verse 23
30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
30And Cornelius said, Foure daies agoe I was fasting vntill this houre, and at the ninth houre I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
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Ezra 8:23
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of fast, meaning to abstain from food for a time.
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Asked, requested, or entreated.
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The one true God.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of souldiers and horsmen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way: because wee had spoken vnto the king, saying, The hand of our God is vpon all them for good, that seeke him, but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
23So we fasted, and besought our God for this, and hee was intreated of vs.
Selected passage24¶ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
24¶ Then I separated twelue of the chiefe of the Priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,