While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LOR
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them,
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will lo
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you ha
‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You,
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me,
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LOR
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that w
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daug
“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselve
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast.
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompan
Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear