uSee 1 Sam. 16:7
Numbers 14:19
19Please apardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just bas you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”1 Kings 8:30-39
30And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.31“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take can oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, 32then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, dcondemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
33 e“When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and fif they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, 34then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.
35 g“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them, 36then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when hyou teach them ithe good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
37 j“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates, ▼
▼Septuagint, Syriac in any of their cities
whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 38whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house, 39then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways ( lfor you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind), 2 Chronicles 6:21
21And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen from heaven your dwelling place, mand when you hear, forgive.2 Chronicles 6:25-30
25 nthen hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.26 o“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict ▼
▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew answer
them, 27 qthen hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way ▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 1 Kings 8:36); Hebrew toward the good way
in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance. 28 s“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, 29whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, 30 tthen hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, ufor you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,
2 Chronicles 6:39
39then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you.Amos 7:2
2When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,“O Lord God, please forgive!
vHow can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
Luke 11:8
8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him anything wbecause he is his friend, yet because of his impudence ▼▼Or persistence
he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
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