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Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone."
Genesis Chapter 35: Verse 3
They said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that's why this distress has come upon us."
Genesis Chapter 42: Verse 21
Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and cruel bondage.
Exodus Chapter 6: Verse 9
This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you."
Deuteronomy Chapter 2: Verse 25
On that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and difficulties will come upon them, and on that day they will ask, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us?'
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verse 17
And when many disasters and difficulties come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten by their descendants. I know what they are disposed to do, even before I bring them into the land I promised them on oath."
Deuteronomy Chapter 31: Verse 21
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!"
Judges Chapter 10: Verse 14
And because the LORD had closed her womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.
1 Samuel Chapter 1: Verse 6
"Then he said to me, 'Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.'
2 Samuel Chapter 1: Verse 9
The king then took an oath: "As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,
1 Kings Chapter 1: Verse 29
They told him, "This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.
2 Kings Chapter 19: Verse 3
One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
2 Chronicles Chapter 15: Verse 6
'If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.'
2 Chronicles Chapter 20: Verse 9
So you handed them over to their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah Chapter 9: Verse 27
Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress. The Agreement of the People
Nehemiah Chapter 9: Verse 37
From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will befall you.
Job Chapter 5: Verse 19
"Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job Chapter 7: Verse 11
Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
Job Chapter 15: Verse 24
Does God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?
Job Chapter 27: Verse 9
Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalms Chapter 10: Verse 1
May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Psalms Chapter 20: Verse 1
Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
Psalms Chapter 22: Verse 11
The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.
Psalms Chapter 25: Verse 17
Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!
Psalms Chapter 25: Verse 22
I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
Psalms Chapter 31: Verse 7
This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms Chapter 34: Verse 6
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.
Psalms Chapter 34: Verse 17
The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.
Psalms Chapter 37: Verse 39
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalms Chapter 46: Verse 1
and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Psalms Chapter 50: Verse 15
For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.
Psalms Chapter 54: Verse 7
Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
Psalms Chapter 71: Verse 20
When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands and my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms Chapter 77: Verse 2
He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility, a band of destroying angels.
Psalms Chapter 78: Verse 49
In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
Psalms Chapter 81: Verse 7
In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.
Psalms Chapter 86: Verse 7
He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.
Psalms Chapter 91: Verse 15
The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow.
Psalms Chapter 116: Verse 3
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 143
I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
Psalms Chapter 120: Verse 1
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.
Psalms Chapter 138: Verse 7
I pour out my complaint before him; before him I tell my trouble.
Psalms Chapter 142: Verse 2
For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.
Psalms Chapter 143: Verse 11
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
Proverbs Chapter 1: Verse 27
The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead.
Proverbs Chapter 11: Verse 8
An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but a righteous man escapes trouble.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 13
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs Chapter 17: Verse 17
He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.
Proverbs Chapter 21: Verse 23
If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!
Proverbs Chapter 24: Verse 10
Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in times of trouble.
Proverbs Chapter 25: Verse 19
Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
Isaiah Chapter 8: Verse 22
An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys' backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,
Isaiah Chapter 30: Verse 6
O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
Isaiah Chapter 33: Verse 2
They told him, "This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.
Isaiah Chapter 37: Verse 3
They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they set it up in its place, and there it stands. From that spot it cannot move. Though one cries out to it, it does not answer; it cannot save him from his troubles.
Isaiah Chapter 46: Verse 7
In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Isaiah Chapter 63: Verse 9
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth; he who takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes. New Heavens and a New Earth
Isaiah Chapter 65: Verse 16
I hear a cry as of a woman in labor, a groan as of one bearing her first child, the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands and saying, "Alas! I am fainting; my life is given over to murderers."
Jeremiah Chapter 4: Verse 31
We have heard reports about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah Chapter 6: Verse 24
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?
Jeremiah Chapter 14: Verse 8
The LORD said, "Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will make your enemies plead with you in times of disaster and times of distress.
Jeremiah Chapter 15: Verse 11
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, "Our fathers possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good.
Jeremiah Chapter 16: Verse 19
How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
Jeremiah Chapter 30: Verse 7
Damascus has become feeble, she has turned to flee and panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah Chapter 49: Verse 24
The king of Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Jeremiah Chapter 50: Verse 43
"At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people,everyone whose name is found written in the book,will be delivered.
Daniel Chapter 12: Verse 1
You should not look down on your brother in the day of his misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast so much in the day of their trouble.
Obadiah Chapter 1: Verse 12
You should not wait at the crossroads to cut down their fugitives, nor hand over their survivors in the day of their trouble.
Obadiah Chapter 1: Verse 14
He said: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
Jonah Chapter 2: Verse 2
The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh ; he will pursue his foes into darkness.
Whatever they plot against the LORD he will bring to an end; trouble will not come a second time.
Nahum Chapter 1: Verses 7 - 9
I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
Habakkuk Chapter 3: Verse 16
That day will be a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Zephaniah Chapter 1: Verse 15
They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria's pride will be brought down and Egypt's scepter will pass away.
Zechariah Chapter 10: Verse 11
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
John Chapter 16: Verse 21
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;
Romans Chapter 2: Verse 9
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.Forgiveness for the Sinner
2 Corinthians Chapter 2: Verse 4
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