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1 Kings 8:28
1 Kings 8:28 is verse 28 of 1 Kings chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
King James Version
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
World English Bible
Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you today;
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1 Kings 8:26–30 · Berean Standard Bible
26 And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
27 But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
30 Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 6:19Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
Daniel 9:19O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
Luke 18:7Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalms 5:1Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
Psalms 86:3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
Psalms 86:6Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.
Psalms 86:7In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
Psalms 88:2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.