1 Kings 8:30

Solomon asks God to hear from heaven the prayers of king and people, and to forgive. It joins hearing prayer with forgiving sin.

Cross-references · 19

• 1 Kgs 8:39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
• 1 Kgs 8:36Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
• 1 Kgs 8:34Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
• Dan 9:19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
• Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
• Ps 130:3–4If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
• Eccl 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
• Ps 33:13–14The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
• Ps 113:5–6Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,
• Matt 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
• 1 Kgs 8:49Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
• 2 Chr 6:21Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
• 2 Chr 20:8–9And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
• Neh 1:5–6And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
• Ps 85:2Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
• Ps 123:1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
• 1 Kgs 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
• Matt 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• 2 Chr 7:14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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