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1 Kings 8:59
1 Kings 8:59 is verse 59 of 1 Kings chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
King James Version
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
World English Bible
Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires;
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1 Kings 8:57–61 · Berean Standard Bible
57 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.
58 May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
59 And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
61 So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
Psalms 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
John 17:9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
John 17:20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,
John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:22I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—
John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Luke 11:3Give us each day our daily bread.
Deuteronomy 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”