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Psalms 120:1
In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.
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Psalms 18:4-6
The ropes of death were wrapped around me; the torrents of destruction terrified me.The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.I called to the LORD in my distress, and I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
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Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him from all his troubles.
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Psalms 88:1-7
LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night.May my prayer reach your presence; listen to my cry.For I have had enough troubles, and my life is near Sheol.I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength,abandoned among the dead. I am like the slain lying in the grave, whom you no longer remember, and who are cut off from your care.You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit, in the darkest places, in the depths.Your wrath weighs heavily on me; you have overwhelmed me with all your waves. Selah
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1 Samuel 30 6
David was in an extremely difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him, for they were all very bitter over the loss of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
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Psalms 86:13
For your faithful love for me is great, and you rescue my life from the depths of Sheol.
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Psalms 22:24
For he has not despised or abhorred the torment of the oppressed. He did not hide his face from him but listened when he cried to him for help.
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Luke 22:44
Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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Hebrews 5:7
During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
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Psalms 116:3
The ropes of death were wrapped around me, and the torments of Sheol overcame me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.
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Psalms 4:1
Answer me when I call, God, who vindicates me. You freed me from affliction; be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.
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Psalms 61:2
I call to you from the ends of the earth when my heart is without strength. Lead me to a rock that is high above me,
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Genesis 32:7-12
Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, herds, and camels.He thought,“ If Esau comes to one camp and attacks it, the remaining one can escape.”Then Jacob said,“ God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who said to me,‘ Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness you have shown your servant. Indeed, I crossed over the Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two camps.Please rescue me from my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.You have said,‘ I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’”
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Psalms 142:1-3
I cry aloud to the LORD; I plead aloud to the LORD for mercy.I pour out my complaint before him; I reveal my trouble to him.Although my spirit is weak within me, you know my way. Along this path I travel they have hidden a trap for me.
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Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
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Psalms 65:2
All humanity will come to you, the one who hears prayer.
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Acts 2:27
because you will not abandon me in Hades or allow your holy one to see decay.
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Genesis 32:24-28
Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.When the man saw that he could not defeat him, he struck Jacob’s hip socket as they wrestled and dislocated his hip.Then he said to Jacob,“ Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob said,“ I will not let you go unless you bless me.”“ What is your name?” the man asked.“ Jacob,” he replied.“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” he said.“ It will be Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
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Isaiah 14:9
Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you— all the rulers of the earth— making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
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1 Samuel 1 16
Don’t think of me as a wicked woman; I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.”