1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez prays for God's blessing, expanded influence, protection, and freedom from harm, and God grants his request. It models humble, faith-filled dependence on God.

Cross-references · 40

• Matt 7:7–11Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Ps 116:1–4I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
• Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
• Jer 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
• Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
• Eph 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
• 2 Tim 4:18And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Ps 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
• Ps 66:19–20But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
• Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
• Ps 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
• Isa 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
• Ps 55:16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
• Rom 10:12–14For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
• 1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
• Gen 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
• Gen 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
• Josh 17:14–18Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
• 1 Kgs 3:7–13And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
• Ps 72:17May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
• Gen 48:16the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
• Ps 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
• Gen 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
• Gen 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
• Ps 65:2O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
• Ps 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
• Prov 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
• Ps 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
• 1 Sam 1:17“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
• Job 12:4I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
• Gen 12:8From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
• Job 22:27–28You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
• 1 Chr 16:8“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
• Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
• Ps 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
• Acts 3:26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
• 2 Cor 2:1–7So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

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