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Daniel 6:10-11
Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house( and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God.
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Nehemiah 1:2-4
that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem.And they said to me,“ The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and disgrace, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”Now when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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Psalms 84:10
For a day in Your courtyards is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than live in the tents of wickedness.
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Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd Who abandons the flock! A sword will be on his arm And on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered, And his right eye will be blind.”
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Nehemiah 2:2-3
So the king said to me,“ Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.And I said to the king,“ May the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the site of my fathers’ tombs, is desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”
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Psalms 122:5-9
For thrones were set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:“ May they prosper who love you.May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces.”For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say,“ May peace be within you.”For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
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Psalms 102:13-14
You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come.Surely Your servants take pleasure in her stones, And feel pity for her dust.
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Jeremiah 51:50
You who have escaped the sword, Go! Do not stay! Remember the Lord from far away, And let Jerusalem come to your mind.
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Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
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Isaiah 62:6-7
On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;And give Him no rest until He establishes And makes Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
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Psalms 84:1-2
How lovely are Your dwelling places, Lord of armies!My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.