Psalm 34:4
I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 18:6
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
Matthew 7:7
2 Chronicles 15:2
and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him, as your soul’s first necessity], He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will abandon (turn away from) you.
Psalm 31:22
As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].
Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.
Hebrews 5:7
In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].
Psalm 22:24
For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
Psalm 46:2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,
Psalm 77:1-2
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.
Isaiah 12:2
“Behold, God, my salvation!
I will trust and not be afraid,
For the Lord God is my strength and song;
Yes, He has become my salvation.”
Jonah 2:2
and said,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.
2 Corinthians 7:5-6
For even when we arrived in Macedonia our bodies had no rest, but we were oppressed at every turn—conflicts and disputes without, fears and dread within.
2 Corinthians 12:8-9
Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me;
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].
Psalm 116:1-6
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).
Luke 11:9
1 Samuel 27:1
But David said in his heart, “Now I will die one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me inside the borders of Israel, and I will escape from his hand [once and for all].”
Psalm 27:1-2
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—
Whom shall I dread?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Sought
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
As for me, I said in my alarm,
“I am cut off from Your eyes.”
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications (specific requests)
When I cried to You [for help].
My voice rises to God, and He will hear me.
My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.
From
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life—
Whom shall I dread?
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,
When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.
“Behold, God, my salvation!
I will trust and not be afraid,
For the Lord God is my strength and song;
Yes, He has become my salvation.”
General references
When I am afraid,
I will put my trust and faith in You.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,
For You will answer me.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them from their distresses.