Thematic Bible: Heard


Thematic Bible



However, after a long time [nearly forty years] the king of Egypt died; and the Israelites were sighing and groaning because of the bondage. They kept crying, and their cry because of slavery ascended to God. And God heard their sighing and groaning and [earnestly] remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the Israelites and took knowledge of them and concerned Himself about them [knowing all, understanding, remembering all].


But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and dealt wonderfully with] the godly man [the one of honorable character and moral courage—the one who does right].
The Lord hears and responds when I call to Him.
Verse ConceptsChosen OnesSaintsCharacter Of SaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianPromised JoyConsecrationGod Hears My PrayerGod Pays AttentionGodly ManTrust In Relationshipspiety


So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And He heard the cry of the afflicted.
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Answers ToCries Of Distress To GodGod Helps The PoorOutcryHelping The Poor


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.
Verse ConceptsDependenceCalling upon GodBeggarsCordsVoicesHelplessnessCryingI PrayThe Temple In HeavenGod Paid Attention To MeThe First TempleDespair


When the righteous cry [for help], the Lord hears
And rescues them from all their distress and troubles.
Verse ConceptsBattlesAdversityDeliverance, Source OfRighteous, TheGod Pays AttentionGod Answering Prayers


The Lord is far from the wicked [and distances Himself from them],
But He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous [that is, those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRighteous, TheSinnersGod Far AwayGod Pays AttentionGod Answering PrayersA Good Man


But as for me, I will look expectantly for the Lord and with confidence in Him I will keep watch;
I will wait [with confident expectation] for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.
Verse ConceptsHope, In GodOptimismPrayer, Persistence InPrayerfulnessWaiting On GodWatchfulness, Of BelieversAttitudes Of HopeAnticipationGod My SalvationThose Who Wait For GodGod Pays AttentionGod's WillWaiting On The LordWork Ethic


“I will strengthen the house of Judah [making it superior],
And I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back [and allow them to live securely],
Because I have had compassion on them.
They will be as though I had not rejected them,
For I am the Lord their God, and I will listen and answer them.
Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGrace, In OtPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningRevival, CorporateGod Giving StrengthGod Will AnswerGod Not ForsakingReturning to their landGod Gives StrengthGod Saves The NeedyGod Will Show MercyI Will Be Their GodRejection