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Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.(1 Kings 8:25)
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.(1 Kings 8:26)
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?(1 Kings 8:27)
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.(1 Kings 8:29)
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.(1 Kings 8:30)
If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:(1 Kings 8:31)

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1 Kings 8:28 - Cross Reference

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: (2 Chronicles 6:19)
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. (Psalm 86:6)
O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: (Psalm 88:1)
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (Psalm 4:1)
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. (Daniel 9:17)
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. (Psalm 141:2)
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. (Psalm 86:3)
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. (Psalm 5:1)
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? (Luke 18:7)
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (Luke 18:1)