Ezr 1:1, 7:27, Neh 1:11, Pro 16:7, 21:1 | ESV | STEP | In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled , the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing :

f[See ver. 6 above]

Ezra 1:1

The Proclamation of Cyrus

1 ^aIn the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, ^bthat the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so ^cthat he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

Ezra 7:27

27 ^dBlessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, ^ewho put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 1:11

11 O Lord, ^flet your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.”

Now I was ^gcupbearer to the king.

Proverbs 16:7

7 When a man’s ways please the Lord,
^hhe makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 21:1

1 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he ⁱturns it wherever he will.