Psalm 77:2
When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.
Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters showed up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He kept saying, "Leave me alone! I'll go down to the next world, still mourning for my son." So Joseph's father wept for him.
Psalm 50:15
Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."
Isaiah 26:9
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me searches for you. For when your judgments come upon the earth, the world's inhabitants learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:16
LORD, they came to you in distress; they poured out their secret prayer when your chastenings were afflicting them.
Genesis 32:7-12
Feeling mounting terror and distress, Jacob divided the people who were with him into two groups, doing the same with the flocks, the cattle, and the camels.
Genesis 32:28
"Your name won't be Jacob anymore," the man replied, "but Israel, because you exerted yourself against both God and men, and you've emerged victorious."
2 Kings 19:3-4
They announced to him:
2 Kings 19:15-20
Then Hezekiah prayed in the presence of the LORD, "LORD God of Israel! You live between the cherubim! You alone are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have fashioned the heavens and the earth.
2 Chronicles 6:28
"If a famine comes to the land, or if there comes plant diseases, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is,
Esther 4:1-4
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes. He went into the middle of the city and cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
Job 11:13
"Now for you, if you will prepare your heart, spread out your hands to him.
Psalm 6:2-3
Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.
Psalm 18:6
In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.
Psalm 38:3-8
My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.
Psalm 63:6
When I think of you in bed, I will meditate on you in the night watches.
Psalm 86:7
In my troubled times I will call on you, for you will answer me.
Psalm 88:1-3
LORD, God of my salvation, by day and by night I cry out before you.
Psalm 102:1-2
LORD, hear my prayer! May my cry for help come to you.
Psalm 130:1-2
I cry to you from the depths, LORD,
Proverbs 18:14
A man's spirit can sustain him during his illness, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
Isaiah 1:5-6
"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint.
Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter crying. Rachel is crying, and she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no longer alive."
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim examined his illness and Judah his injury, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and inquired of the great king; but he could not cure you nor heal your injury.
Hosea 6:1
"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds.
Jonah 2:1-2
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the sea creature.
John 11:31
When the Jews who had been with her, consoling her in the house, saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she had gone to the tomb to cry there.
2 Corinthians 12:7-8
To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.
Hebrews 5:7
As a mortal man, he offered up 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 devotion to God.