Ezra 5:5
"But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter."
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- Psalms 33:18
"Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;"
Read in chapter → - Ezra 7:28
"And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me."
Read in chapter → - Ezra 7:6
"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him."
Read in chapter → - Ezra 8:22
"For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 34:15
"The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry."
Read in chapter → - 1 Peter 3:12
"For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 32:8
"I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 76:10
"Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain."
Read in chapter → - Ezra 6:6
"Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:"
Read in chapter → - 2 Chronicles 16:9
"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars."
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