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Psalms 22:11
Do not stay so far from me, for trouble is near, and no one else can help me.
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Exodus 2:23
Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.
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Psalms 142:4
I look for someone to come and help me, but no one gives me a passing thought! No one will help me; no one cares a bit what happens to me.
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Judges 16:21
So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.
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Psalms 18:40-41
You placed my foot on their necks. I have destroyed all who hated me.They called for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.
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Isaiah 63:5
I was amazed to see that no one intervened to help the oppressed. So I myself stepped in to save them with my strong arm, and my wrath sustained me.
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Lamentations 5:5-6
Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted but are given no rest.We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough food to survive.
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Luke 15:14-17
About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve.He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs.The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything.“ When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself,‘ At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
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Judges 16:30
he prayed,“ Let me die with the Philistines.” And the temple crashed down on the Philistine rulers and all the people. So he killed more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime.
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Exodus 5:18-19
Now get back to work! No straw will be given to you, but you must still produce the full quota of bricks.”The Israelite foremen could see that they were in serious trouble when they were told,“ You must not reduce the number of bricks you make each day.”
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2 Kings 6 33
While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king said,“ All this misery is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
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Isaiah 51:19-20
These two calamities have fallen on you: desolation and destruction, famine and war. And who is left to sympathize with you? Who is left to comfort you?For your children have fainted and lie in the streets, helpless as antelopes caught in a net. The Lord has poured out his fury; God has rebuked them.
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Job 9:13
And God does not restrain his anger. Even the monsters of the sea are crushed beneath his feet.
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Nehemiah 9:37
The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”
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Isaiah 51:23
Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors, those who said,‘ We will trample you into the dust and walk on your backs.’”
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2 Kings 6 26-2 Kings 6 27
One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him,“ Please help me, my lord the king!”He answered,“ If the Lord doesn’t help you, what can I do? I have neither food from the threshing floor nor wine from the press to give you.”
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Judges 10:16-18
Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the Lord. And he was grieved by their misery.At that time the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were camped in Gilead, and the people of Israel assembled and camped at Mizpah.The leaders of Gilead said to each other,“ Whoever attacks the Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.”
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Isaiah 52:5
What is this?” asks the Lord.“ Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long.