Ezr 7:27-28, Neh 1:11, 2:4, Psa 105:25, 106:46, Pro 16:1, 9, 20:24, Dan 4:35 | ESV | STEP | Blessed be the Lord , the God of our fathers , who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king , to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem ,

d[See ver. 6 above]

e[ch. 2:1]

f ver. 20; ch. 1:4, 5; Ezra 5:12; Dan. 2:18

g[Ex. 9:12; Rom. 11:8]; See Ex. 1:8-14

h Ex. 1:10; Acts 7:19

i 1 Kgs. 8:50; 2 Chr. 30:9; Ezra 9:9; Neh. 1:11; Jer. 42:12

j[Matt. 10:19, 20]

k[ver. 1; ch. 19:21]

l ch. 20:24; [Ps. 37:23; Jer. 10:23]

mSee ch. 16:9

n Isa. 40:17

o[Ps. 115:3; Heb. 1:13, 14]

p[Isa. 14:27]

q Job 9:12; [Isa. 45:9; Rom. 9:20]

Ezra 7:27-28

27 ^aBlessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, ^bwho put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, 28 ^cand who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.

Nehemiah 1:11

11 O Lord, ^dlet 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 ^ecupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4

4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed ^fto the God of heaven.

Psalms 105:25

25 He ^gturned their hearts to hate his people,
to ^hdeal craftily with his servants.

Psalms 106:46

46 He caused them to be ⁱpitied
by all those who held them captive.

Proverbs 16:1

1 The plans of the heart belong to man,
but ^jthe answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:9

9 ^kThe heart of man plans his way,
but ^lthe Lord establishes his steps.

Proverbs 20:24

24 A man’s ^msteps are from the Lord;
how then can man understand his way?

Daniel 4:35

35 ⁿall the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and ^ohe does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
^pand none can stay his hand
or ^qsay to him, “What have you done?”