Psalm 34:15
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15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their cry.(A)
1 Peter 3:12
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12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Psalm 34:17
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17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
and rescues them from all their troubles.(A)
Psalm 33:18
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18 Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,(A)
Job 36:7
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7 He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,
but with kings on the throne
he sets them forever, and they are exalted.(A)
Psalm 34:6
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6 This poor soul cried and was heard by the Lord
and was saved from every trouble.
Psalm 130:2
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2 Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications!(A)
2 Chronicles 6:40
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40 Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to prayer from this place.(A)
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Daniel 9:17-23
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17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, and for your own sake, Lord,[a] let your face shine upon your desolated sanctuary.(A) 18 Incline your ear, O my God, and hear. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that bears your name. We do not present our supplication before you on the ground of our righteousness but on the ground of your great mercies.(B) 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act and do not delay! For your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people bear your name!”(C)
The Seventy Weeks
20 While I was speaking and was praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God on behalf of the holy mountain of my God,(D) 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen before in a vision, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.(E) 22 He came[b] and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come out to give you wisdom and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to declare it, for you are greatly beloved. So consider the word and understand the vision:(F)
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Isaiah 37:14-21
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Hezekiah’s Prayer
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.(A) 17 Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.(B) 18 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands(C) 19 and have hurled their gods into the fire, though they were no gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and so they were destroyed.(D) 20 So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”(E)
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria,(F)
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