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.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. Ezra lists the heads of families and their men who journey with him from Babylon to Jerusalem—about 1,500 men plus women and children. He calls a fast by the river Ahava seeking God's protection for the journey, since he is …
Other Translations
For I was ashamed to ask 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 that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, `The hand of our God <FI>is<Fi> upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath <FI> is<Fi> upon all forsaking Him.'
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.
Cross References
When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served …
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and …
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; …
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the …
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord …
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first …
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And …
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up …
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;