14 occurrences

'Distressed' in the Bible

Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InTwo GroupsOwning LivestockHalf Of GroupsFear Of IndividualsPossessing Sheep

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFearing Other PeopleMany In Israel

Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.

Verse ConceptsdefeatMiseryGod OpposingGod Harmed Them

And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttacking

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFasting, Nature OfPromises, HumanRashnessAdjurationCursing The UngodlyMan AvengingVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.

Verse ConceptsMiseryApostasy Of SaulGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedTroubling Individualswitchesawakeningsaul

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God.

Verse ConceptsPrayerfulnessResentment, Against PeopleStoningBeing BitterBraveryRelying Upon GodGod Strengthening PeopleFear Of StoningCourage And StrengthFamily StrengthStress And Hard TimesFamily ProblemsTragedyMotivationencouragingupliftingmyselfFinding Comfort In God

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: Very pleasant hast thou been unto me: Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsTendernessUnhappinessValuesFriendship, Examples OfThose Who LovedWoman's PlaceFriendship And LoveLosing A FriendTrue FriendsheartbrokenThe Love Of Women

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

Bible Theasaurus

Disquieted (12 instances)
Distressed (104 instances)
Disturbed (49 instances)
Hard-Pressed (4 instances)
Stressed (1 instance)
Unhappy (17 instances)
Upset (50 instances)
Worried (17 instances)

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