Ezr 7:6, 27, Neh 1:11, 2:4-8, Pro 16:7, 21:1, Jer 15:11, 40:4 | ESV | STEP | this Ezra went up from Babylonia . He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord , the God of Israel , had given , and the king granted him all that he asked , for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe ^askilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, ^bfor the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 7:27

27 ^cBlessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, ^dwho 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, ^elet 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 ^fcupbearer to the king.

Nehemiah 2:4-8

4 Then the king said to me, “What are you requesting?” So I prayed ^gto the God of heaven. 5 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ graves, that I may rebuild it.” 6 And the king said to me ( ^hthe queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me ⁱwhen I had given him a time. 7 And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me ^jto the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah, 8 and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of ^kthe fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, ^lfor the good hand of my God was upon me.

Proverbs 16:7

7 When a man’s ways please the Lord,
^mhe 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 ⁿturns it wherever he will.

Jeremiah 15:11

11 The Lord said, “Have I not ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain} set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress?

Jeremiah 40:4

4 Now, behold, I release you today from ^pthe chains on your hands. ^qIf it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, ^rbut if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. ^sSee, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.