'Help' in the Bible

He broke their spirits with hard labor;they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

Give us aid against the foe,for human help is worthless.

Help me, Lord my God;save me according to Your faithful love

Israel, trust in the Lord!He is their help and shield.

House of Aaron, trust in the Lord!He is their help and shield.

You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord!He is their help and shield.

Help me understandthe meaning of Your preceptsso that I can meditate on Your wonders.

Help me understand Your instruction,and I will obey itand follow it with all my heart.

Help me stay on the path of Your commands,for I take pleasure in it.

All Your commands are true;people persecute me with lies—help me!

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;I put my hope in Your word.

May Your hand be ready to help me,for I have chosen Your precepts.

Let me live, and I will praise You;may Your judgments help me.

A song of ascents.I lift my eyes toward the mountains.Where will my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,the Maker of heaven and earth.

Our help is in the name of Yahweh,the Maker of heaven and earth.

Lord, listen to my voice;let Your ears be attentiveto my cry for help.

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.

A Davidic psalm.Lord, I call on You; hurry to help me.Listen to my voice when I call on You.

He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him;He hears their cry for help and saves them.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,whose hope is in the Lord his God,

A man burdened by bloodguiltwill be a fugitive until death.Let no one help him.

What will you do on the day of punishmentwhen devastation comes from far away?Who will you run to for help?Where will you leave your wealth?

On the day that you plant,you will help them to grow,and in the morningyou will help your seed to sprout,but the harvest will vanishon the day of disease and incurable pain.

And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape?’”

everyone will be ashamedbecause of a people who can’t help.They are of no benefit, they are no help;they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.

An oracle about the animals of the Negev:Through a land of trouble and distress,of lioness and lion,of viper and flying serpent,they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeysand their treasures on the humps of camels,to a people who will not help them.

Egypt’s help is completely worthless;therefore, I call her:Rahab Who Just Sits.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for helpand who depend on horses!They trust in the abundance of chariotsand in the large number of horsemen.They do not look to the Holy One of Israeland they do not seek the Lord’s help.

Do not fear, for I am with you;do not be afraid, for I am your God.I will strengthen you; I will help you;I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.

For I, Yahweh your God,hold your right handand say to you: Do not fear,I will help you.

Do not fear, you worm Jacob,you men of Israel:I will help you—this is the Lord’s declaration.Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

This is the word of the Lordyour Maker who formed you from the womb;He will help you:Do not fear; Jacob is My servant;I have chosen Jeshurun.

This is what the Lord says:I will answer you in a time of favor,and I will help you in the day of salvation.I will keep you, and I will appoint youto be a covenant for the people,to restore the land,to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

The Lord God will help Me;therefore I have not been humiliated;therefore I have set My face like flint,and I know I will not be put to shame.

In truth, the Lord God will help Me;who will condemn Me?Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;a moth will devour them.

I looked, but there was no one to help,and I was amazed that no one assisted;so My arm accomplished victory for Me,and My wrath assisted Me.

Moreover, you will be led out from herewith your hands on your headsince the Lord has rejected those you trust;you will not succeed even with their help.

But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.

The cities of the Negev are under siege;no one can help them.All of Judah has been taken into exile,taken completely into exile.

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: This is what you will say to Judah’s king, who is sending you to inquire of Me: Watch: Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, is going to return to its own land of Egypt.

ז ZayinDuring the days of her affliction and homelessnessJerusalem remembers all her precious belongingsthat were hers in days of old.When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,she had no one to help.The adversaries looked at her,laughing over her downfall.

Even when I cry out and plead for help,He rejects my prayer.

ע AyinAll the while our eyes were failingas we looked in vain for assistance;we watched from our towersfor a nation that refused to help.

Pharaoh will not help him with his great army and vast horde in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision refers to those days.”

He will deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. He will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing land as a reward.

He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.

I will destroy you, Israel;you have no help but Me.

I called to the Lord in my distress,and He answered me.I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;You heard my voice.

How long, Lord, must I call for helpand You do not listenor cry out to You about violenceand You do not save?

But she came, knelt before Him, and said, “Lord, help me!”

“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

“And many times it has thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

Immediately the father of the boy cried out, “I do believe! Help my unbelief.”

When He was in Galilee, they would follow Him and help Him. Many other women had come up with Him to Jerusalem.

So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

Will not God grant justice to His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay to help them?

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

When he saw Peter and John about to enter the temple complex, he asked for help.

During the night a vision appeared to Paul: A Macedonian man was standing and pleading with him, “Cross over to Macedonia and help us!”

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

shouting, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has profaned this holy place.”

To this very day, I have obtained help that comes from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place—

In the same way the Spirit also joins to help in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings.

So you should welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints and assist her in whatever matter she may require your help. For indeed she has been a benefactor of many—and of me also.

and to go on to Macedonia with your help, then come to you again from Macedonia and be given a start by you on my journey to Judea.

And not only that, but he was also appointed by the churches to accompany us with this gift that is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

because I know this will lead to my deliverance through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

Yes, I also ask you, true partner, to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the book of life.

And we exhort you, brothers: warn those who are irresponsible, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

If any believing woman has widows in her family, she should help them, and the church should not be burdened, so that it can help those who are genuinely widows.

Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey, so that they will lack nothing.

For it is clear that He does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring.

For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.