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Psalms 50:15
Call upon Me on the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
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Genesis 37:35
Then all his sons and all his daughters got up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said,“ Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
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Isaiah 26:9
At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments, The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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Isaiah 26:16
Lord, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your discipline was upon them.
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Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the Lord says:“ A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamenting and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.”
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Jonah 2:1-2
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,and he said,“ I called out of my distress to the Lord, And He answered me. I called for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.
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Esther 4:1-4
When Mordecai learned of everything that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.And he came as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.Then Esther’s attendants and her eunuchs came and informed her, and the queen was seized by great fear. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai so that he would remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.
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Hebrews 5:7
In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior.
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Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his sore, Ephraim then went to Assyria And sent word to King Jareb. But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of your sore.
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Genesis 32:7-12
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies;for he said,“ If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape.”Then Jacob said,“ God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, Lord, who said to me,‘ Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’I am unworthy of all the favor and of all the faithfulness, which You have shown to Your servant; for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.Save me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children.For You said,‘ I will assuredly make you prosper and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be counted.’ ”
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Genesis 32:28
Then he said,“ Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
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John 11:31
Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw that Mary had gotten up quickly and left, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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2 Kings 19 3-2 Kings 19 4
And they said to him,“ This is what Hezekiah says:‘ This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and humiliation; for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”
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Hosea 6:1
“ Come, let’s return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
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Psalms 63:6
When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,
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Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
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Psalms 102:1-2
Hear my prayer, Lord! And let my cry for help come to You.Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; On the day when I call answer me quickly.
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2 Chronicles 6 28
“ If there is a famine in the land, if there is a plague, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is,
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Isaiah 1:5-6
Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The entire head is sick And the entire heart is faint.From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing healthy in it, Only bruises, slashes, and raw wounds; Not pressed out nor bandaged, Nor softened with oil.
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Psalms 6:2-3
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am frail; Heal me, Lord, for my bones are horrified.And my soul is greatly horrified; But You, Lord— how long?
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Psalms 38:3-8
There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my foolishness.I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go in mourning all day long.For my sides are filled with burning, And there is no healthy part in my flesh.I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.
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Psalms 88:1-3
Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry!For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has approached Sheol.
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Psalms 86:7
On the day of my trouble I will call upon You, For You will answer me.
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2 Corinthians 12 7-2 Corinthians 12 8
Because of the extraordinary greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me— to keep me from exalting myself!Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me.
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Psalms 130:1-2
Out of the depths I have cried to You, Lord.Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the sound of my pleadings.
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Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a person can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit, who can endure it?
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2 Kings 19 15-2 Kings 19 20
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said,“ Lord, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God.It is true, Lord; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,and have hurled their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.But now, Lord our God, please, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.”Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying,“ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says:‘ Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.’
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Job 11:13
“ If you would direct your heart rightly And spread out your hands to Him,
