Nehemiah 1:4
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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I sat down

1 Samuel 4:17-22
The messenger answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured." . . .

Ezra 10:1
While Ezra prayed and confessed, 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.

Psalm 69:9, 10
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. . . .

Psalm 102:13, 14
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor--the appointed time has come. . . .

Psalm 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Zephaniah 3:18
"I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

the God

Nehemiah 2:4
"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

Ezra 5:11, 12
And this is the answer they returned: "We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed. . . .

Daniel 2:18
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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."

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

King James Bible
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,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for a number of days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

International Standard Version
When I heard this, I sat down and cried, mourning for a number of days while I fasted and prayed in the presence of the God of Heaven.

NET Bible
When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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