1 Kings 8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
Cross-reference
In 1 Kings 8:34, Solomon applies the same 'hear from heaven' to defeat in battle, asking forgiveness and return.
In 1 Kings 8:36, Solomon uses the same formula for drought, asking for rain upon repentance.
In 1 Kings 8:39, Solomon extends the petition to individual cases, asking God to judge according to hearts.
In 1 Kings 8:43, Solomon includes foreigners, asking God to hear from heaven for global witness.
In 1 Kings 8:49, Solomon prays for exiles, again appealing to 'hear from heaven'.
1 Kings 8:33 applies the prayer pattern to defeat in battle: when Israel sins, they pray toward the temple for forgiveness.
1 Kings 8:35 extends the same pattern to drought: sin leads to prayer toward the temple for forgiveness and restoration.
1 Kings 8:48 describes praying toward the temple from exile, showing the principle applied to captivity.
In 1 Kings 8:32, Solomon continues his prayer asking God to judge righteously, complementing the plea for forgiveness.
Matthew 6:9 opens prayer addressing 'Our Father in heaven', directly paralleling the heavenly recipient of Solomon's prayer.
In Daniel 9:19, Daniel prays with the same plea for God to hear and forgive, echoing Solomon's temple prayer.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 explicitly states 'God is in heaven and you are on earth', confirming the distance Solomon acknowledges.
Psalm 130:4 declares that forgiveness is with God, directly supporting Solomon's plea for God to forgive when He hears.
Psalm 123:1 lifts eyes to God enthroned in heaven, directly mirroring the prayer posture of 1 Kings 8:30.
In 2 Chronicles 20:9, Jehoshaphat prays using the same promise of hearing when crying toward the temple.
2 Chronicles 7:14 records God's direct response to this prayer, promising to hear from heaven and forgive.
In 2 Chronicles 6:21, the parallel account records the same prayer almost verbatim.
Psalm 5:7 expresses bowing toward the holy temple in prayer, directly matching Solomon's instruction to pray toward the temple.
Psalm 138:2 also has the psalmist bowing toward the holy temple, reinforcing the practice of directional prayer.
Daniel 6:10 shows Daniel praying with windows open toward Jerusalem, directly fulfilling the pattern of prayer toward the temple.
2 Chronicles 6:20 is the parallel account of Solomon's prayer, repeating the request for God to hear from heaven.
In Nehemiah 1:6, Nehemiah asks for attentive ears to hear his prayer, echoing Solomon's plea.
2 Chronicles 30:27 describes prayer reaching heaven, fulfilling the temple dedication's promise that God would hear.
Psalm 130:3 reflects that none could stand if God kept a record of sins, highlighting the need for forgiveness Solomon sought.
Isaiah 57:15 affirms God's high dwelling but also His presence with the humble, complementing the prayer theme.
Psalm 33:14 echoes the image of God's heavenly dwelling from which He observes all humanity.
Psalm 113:5 describes God enthroned on high, reinforcing the heavenly dwelling place of 1 Kings 8:30.
Psalm 113:6 adds that God stoops down to look on heaven and earth, expanding the idea of His heavenly vantage.