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God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
Genesis Chapter 21: Verse 17
That night the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham."
Genesis Chapter 26: Verse 24
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you."
Genesis Chapter 31: Verse 42
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering.
Exodus Chapter 3: Verse 7
Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.
Exodus Chapter 14: Verse 13
The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He will drive out your enemy before you, saying, 'Destroy him!'
Deuteronomy Chapter 33: Verse 27
You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.
2 Samuel Chapter 22: Verse 28
For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
"But if it were I, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
He bestows rain on the earth; he sends water upon the countryside.
The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
"Blessed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will befall you.
In famine he will ransom you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
"We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself."
Job Chapter 5: Verses 6 - 27
You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.
Life will be brighter than noonday, and darkness will become like morning.
You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.
You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid, and many will court your favor.
Job Chapter 11: Verses 16 - 19
But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job Chapter 16: Verse 5
I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
Job Chapter 29: Verse 25
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
Psalms Chapter 9: Verses 9 - 10
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms Chapter 23: Verse 4
For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.
Psalms Chapter 27: Verse 5
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Psalms Chapter 30: Verse 5
Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave.
Psalms Chapter 31: Verse 17
I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms Chapter 34: Verse 4
A righteous man may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;
Psalms Chapter 34: Verse 19
If the LORD delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm;
though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalms Chapter 37: Verses 23 - 24
The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.
Psalms Chapter 41: Verse 3
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and 6 my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon,from Mount Mizar.
Psalms Chapter 42: Verse 5
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
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalms Chapter 55: Verse 22
Record my lament; list my tears on your scroll , are they not in your record?
Psalms Chapter 56: Verse 8
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.
Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.
He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
My salvation and my honor depend on God ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
Psalms Chapter 62: Verses 1 - 8
God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Psalms Chapter 68: Verse 6
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
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms Chapter 73: Verse 26
Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.
Psalms Chapter 94: Verse 17
When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
Psalms Chapter 94: Verse 19
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
Psalms Chapter 103: Verse 13
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.
Psalms Chapter 112: Verse 4
My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 50
If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 92
Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 143
When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.
Psalms Chapter 138: Verse 3
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.
The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever, do not abandon the works of your hands.
Psalms Chapter 138: Verses 7 - 8
I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.
Psalms Chapter 140: Verse 12
The LORD upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Psalms Chapter 145: Verse 14
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalms Chapter 147: Verse 3
An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but a righteous man escapes trouble.
Proverbs Chapter 12: Verse 13
It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain.
Isaiah Chapter 4: Verse 6
You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall
Isaiah Chapter 25: Verse 4
Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them.
Isaiah Chapter 30: Verse 20
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Isaiah Chapter 40: Verse 1
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah Chapter 40: Verse 29
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah Chapter 41: Verse 10
"The poor and needy search for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. But I the LORD will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Isaiah Chapter 41: Verse 17
A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
Isaiah Chapter 42: Verse 3
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah Chapter 43: Verse 2
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
Isaiah Chapter 49: Verse 13
It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up.
Isaiah Chapter 50: Verse 9
"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Isaiah Chapter 54: Verse 4
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
Isaiah Chapter 58: Verse 10
The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion, to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.
Isaiah Chapter 61: Verses 1 - 3
Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy!' Yet they will be put to shame.
Isaiah Chapter 66: Verse 5
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."
Isaiah Chapter 66: Verse 13
Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
Jeremiah Chapter 31: Verse 13
I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint."
Jeremiah Chapter 31: Verse 25
But I will rescue you on that day, declares the LORD; you will not be handed over to those you fear.
I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.' "
Jeremiah Chapter 39: Verses 17 - 18
"Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
Hosea Chapter 6: Verse 1
The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
Nahum Chapter 1: Verse 7
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew Chapter 5: Verse 4
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Salt and Light
Matthew Chapter 5: Verses 10 - 12
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Matthew Chapter 10: Verse 29
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew Chapter 11: Verse 28
"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
Matthew Chapter 25: Verse 34
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
"Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.
Luke Chapter 6: Verses 21 - 23
When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry."
Luke Chapter 7: Verse 13
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also in me.
John Chapter 14: Verse 1
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever,
John Chapter 14: Verse 16
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John Chapter 14: Verse 18
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
John Chapter 14: Verse 27
I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
John Chapter 16: Verse 20
So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
John Chapter 16: Verse 22
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
John Chapter 16: Verse 33
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Romans Chapter 8: Verse 28
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
Romans Chapter 8: Verses 35 - 36
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans Chapter 8: Verses 38 - 39
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans Chapter 12: Verse 12
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans Chapter 15: Verse 4
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
2 Corinthians Chapter 1: Verses 3 - 5
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verses 8 - 10
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians Chapter 4: Verses 16 - 17
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verse 9
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians Chapter 6: Verse 2
and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.
2 Thessalonians Chapter 1: Verse 7
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2 Thessalonians Chapter 2: Verses 16 - 17
if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;
2 Timothy Chapter 2: Verse 12
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.
2 Timothy Chapter 4: Verse 17
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Hebrews Chapter 2: Verse 18
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are,yet was without sin.
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews Chapter 4: Verses 15 - 16
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Hebrews Chapter 12: Verses 1 - 4
Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
Hebrews Chapter 13: Verse 3
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
Hebrews Chapter 13: Verses 5 - 6
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James Chapter 1: Verse 12
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James Chapter 1: Verse 27
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near.
James Chapter 5: Verse 8
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
1 Peter Chapter 2: Verse 23
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
1 Peter Chapter 4: Verse 13
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
1 Peter Chapter 5: Verse 7
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation Chapter 2: Verse 10
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
Revelation Chapter 3: Verse 10
For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Revelation Chapter 7: Verse 17
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