15 occurrences

'Groaning' in the Bible

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersGod Remembering His CovenantGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Keeps Covenant

Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are forcing to work as slaves, and I have remembered My covenant.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesHard LaborGod Remembering His CovenantGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Keeps Covenant

Today also my complaint is bitter.His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsResentment, Against GodGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition

I am weary from my groaning;with my tears I dampen my pillowand drench my bed every night.

Verse ConceptsNightTirednessTearsTired In Activity

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?Why are You so far from my deliveranceand from my words of groaning?

Verse ConceptsForgettingAbandonmentBeing ForsakenDepression, SymptomsMusicPainPrayer, Doubts AboutReceptivenessSuffering, Nature OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristGod Abandoning IndividualsGod Far AwayMessianic PropheciesFeelings Of AlienationBlindness

Indeed, my life is consumed with griefand my years with groaning;my strength has failedbecause of my sinfulness,and my bones waste away.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForAgony, Of BodyGriefSighingI Am SadCauses of failure ingrieving

When I kept silent, my bones became brittlefrom my groaning all day long.

Verse ConceptsDecayWasteConviction Of SinConfession of sin

Because of the sound of my groaning,my flesh sticks to my bones.

Verse ConceptsSkinThings Stuck TogetherDamage To The Body

to hear a prisoner’s groaning,to set free those condemned to die,

Verse ConceptsPrisonersNot DyingDeath PreventedGod Freeing Captives

A troubling vision is declared to me:“The treacherous one acts treacherously,and the destroyer destroys.Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!I will put an end to all her groaning.”

Verse ConceptsProphetic Visionstraitors

‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.”’

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementSighingRest, PhysicalSelf PitySleeplessnessTirednessUnhappinessI Am Suffering

שׁ ShinPeople have heard me groaning,but there is no one to comfort me.All my enemies have heard of my misfortune;they are glad that You have caused it.Bring on the day You have announced,so that they may become like me.

Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesThe Day Of JudgementPleasing MenLike The NationsI Am SufferingNo ComfortWhat God Does

And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will become weak. Every spirit will be discouraged, and every knee will turn to water. Yes, it is coming and it will happen.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsdiscouragementWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterLosing CourageNo Strength LeftWhy Do You Do This?

And this is another thing you do: you cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipTearsThe Altar Of The LordNot Pleasing GodFake Friends

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