When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Cross References 2 Samuel 12:16 David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground. Ezra 9:3 When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. Ezra 10:1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites--men, women, and children--gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. Nehemiah 2:4 "What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven Psalm 136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever. Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. Daniel 10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three full weeks. Jonah 1:9 "I am a Hebrew," replied Jonah. "I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land." Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, I sat down 1 Samuel 4:17-22 Ezra 10:1 Psalm 69:9,10 the God Nehemiah 2:4 Ezra 5:11,12 Daniel 2:18 |