-
Psalms 120:1
I cried to the Lord in my trouble, And He answered me.
-
Psalms 18:4-6
The ropes of death encompassed me, And the torrents of destruction terrified me.The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.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.
-
Psalms 34:6
This wretched man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
-
Psalms 88:1-7
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.I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,Abandoned among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You no longer remember, And they are cut off from Your hand.You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah
-
1 Samuel 30 6
Also, David was in great distress because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David felt strengthened in the Lord his God.
-
Psalms 86:13
For Your graciousness toward me is great, And You have saved my soul from the depths of Sheol.
-
Psalms 22:24
For He has not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
-
Luke 22:44
And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground].
-
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.
-
Psalms 116:3
The snares of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.
-
Psalms 4:1
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
-
Psalms 16:10
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
-
Psalms 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
-
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.’ ”
-
Psalms 142:1-3
I cry out with my voice to the Lord; With my voice I implore the Lord for compassion.I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him.When my spirit felt weak within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.
-
Matthew 12:40
for just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea monster for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
-
Psalms 65:2
You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.
-
Acts 2:27
For You will not abandon my soul to Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
-
Genesis 32:24-28
Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak.When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him.Then he said,“ Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said,“ I will not let you go unless you bless me.”So he said to him,“ What is your name?” And he said,“ Jacob.”Then he said,“ Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
-
Isaiah 14:9
Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come; It stirs the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
-
1 Samuel 1 16
Do not consider your bond servant a useless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation.”