5 occurrences

'Desperate' in the Bible

Then Rachel said, "I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won." So she named him Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsMonotonyPeace, Human Search ForPrayer, As Asking GodSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Of The InnocentCaptivity, Of IsraelCrying To GodMoving UpwardsCries Of Distress To GodMaking SlavesDeath Of Office HoldersParents Prayer For Their Childrenprocess

But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!God Answering Prayersservanthoodsupplication

But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you.

I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another."'"

Verse ConceptsBad ChildrenCannibalismAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Bible Theasaurus

Despairing (7 instances)
Desperate (15 instances)
Goodly (46 instances)
Heroic (1 instance)
Hopeless (8 instances)

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