Verse 8

Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

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  • 2 Sam 12:16-18 : 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying on the ground in sackcloth. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them. 18 On the seventh day, the child died. David’s attendants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, 'While the child was still alive, we spoke to him but he would not listen to us. How can we now tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.'
  • 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During His earthly life, He offered prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.
  • Deut 3:23-27 : 23 At that time, I pleaded with the LORD, 24 ‘O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works You do?’ 25 ‘Please let me cross over and see the good land on the other side of the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.’ 26 But the LORD was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, the LORD said to me, ‘That is enough! Do not speak to Me anymore about this matter.’ 27 ‘Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west, north, south, and east. See it with your eyes, for you will not cross the Jordan.’
  • Ps 77:2-9 : 2 My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me. 3 In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out at night and did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. 4 I remember God and moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah. 5 You have held my eyelids open; I am troubled and cannot speak. 6 I consider the days of old, the years long past. 7 I remember my song in the night; I meditate with my heart, and my spirit searches diligently. 8 Will the Lord reject forever and never again show His favor? 9 Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end for all generations? 10 Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah. 11 Then I said, 'This is my sorrow: the years of the right hand of the Most High.'
  • Matt 20:21-22 : 21 'What do you want?' he asked. She said to him, 'Declare that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.' 22 Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?' They said to him, 'We are able.'
  • Matt 26:39-44 : 39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will." 40 Then He returned to His disciples and found them sleeping. "Couldn't you men keep watch with Me for one hour?" He asked Peter. 41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." 42 A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done." 43 When He came back, He again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. 44 So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.