when Ezra

Daniel 9:3, 4, 20
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. . . .

Acts 10:30
Cornelius answered: "Four days ago, I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

when he had

Leviticus 26:40, 41
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me-- . . .

Psalm 32:5
Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, " and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Hosea 14:2
Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: "Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. . . .

weeping

Psalm 119:136
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.

Jeremiah 9:1
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 daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 13:17
But if you do not listen, I will weep alone because of your pride; My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns an only child, and weep bitterly for Him as one grieves a firstborn son.

Luke 19:41
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

Romans 9:2
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

before the house

1 Kings 8:30
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

1 Kings 9:3
And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

2 Chronicles 20:9
If disaster comes upon us--whether sword or judgment, plague or famine--we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and deliver us.'

a very great

Deuteronomy 31:12
Assemble the people--men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates--so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.

2 Chronicles 20:13
Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

Nehemiah 10:28
"The rest of the people--the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the law of God--along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who were able to understand,

Joel 2:16-18
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. . . .

Acts 21:5
But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

very sore.

Judges 2:4, 5
When the Angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept. . . .

Nehemiah 8:9
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.