2 Samuel 22:42

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They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

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  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
  • 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by the Urim, nor through the prophets.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.
  • Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.
  • Matt 7:22-23 : 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?' 23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
  • Luke 13:25-26 : 25 Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will answer, 'I don’t know you or where you come from.' 26 'Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
  • Job 27:9 : 9 Will God listen to his cry when distress comes upon him?
  • Ezek 20:3 : 3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you coming to inquire of me? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.'

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  • Ps 18:41-42
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    93%

    41You have made my enemies turn their backs in retreat, and I destroy those who hate me.

    42They cry for help, but there is no one to save them—to the LORD, but He does not answer.

  • 5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one gave support. So my own arm brought me salvation, and my wrath sustained me.

  • 28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among these whom I could ask, and who could give an answer.

  • 4When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.

  • 9They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

  • 16He saw that there was no one; He was appalled that there was no intercessor. So His own arm brought salvation, and His righteousness sustained Him.

  • 20I cry out to You, but You do not answer; I stand up, but You just look at me.

  • 12There they cry out, but He does not answer because of the pride of evil men.

  • 4Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. He will hide His face from them at that time because of the evil they have done.

  • Ps 107:12-13
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    73%

    12So He humbled their hearts with labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

    13Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

  • 6They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.

  • Ps 22:1-2
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    1For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.

    2My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Far from saving me, from the words of my groaning.

  • 1A song of ascents: I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me.

  • 22Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

  • 17Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.

  • 43I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and trampled them like mud in the streets.

  • 22You have seen it, Lord; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.

  • 11They say, 'God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will deliver him.'

  • 20You know my reproach, my shame, and my disgrace; all my adversaries are before you.

  • 28Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.

  • 5In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

  • 6Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and let your glory be over all the earth.

  • 26Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your steadfast love.

  • 32For who is God besides the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

  • 40The LORD helps and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take refuge in Him.

  • 11From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother’s womb, you have been my God.

  • 41You made my enemies turn their backs to me, and I destroyed those who hated me.

  • 24You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

  • 21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

  • 12I paid close attention to you. But not one of you has proved Job wrong; not one of you has answered his arguments.

  • 16Should I wait, now that they are not speaking and they stand there without replying any longer?

  • 19They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

  • 19Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.

  • 2Jephthah replied to them, "I and my people were in a serious struggle with the Ammonites. I called for your help, but you did not save me from their hands.

  • 4See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, LORD.

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    2LORD, how many are my enemies! Many are rising up against me.

  • 7They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles.

  • 16May death seize them suddenly; let them go down alive into Sheol, for evil is in their dwelling and within them.

  • 2Why, when I came, was there no one? Why, when I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand too short to redeem? Do I have no power to save? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea; I turn rivers into a desert, so their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

  • 39As surely as the Lord, who saves Israel, lives—even if it is my son Jonathan—he must die.' But no one among the people said a word.

  • Jer 11:11-12
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    11Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’

    12The cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense, but those gods will not save them in their time of disaster.

  • 22But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they are loot, with no one to say, 'Restore them.'

  • 12Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.

  • 7Hear my voice, Lord, when I call. Be gracious to me and answer me.

  • 2How long, LORD, must I call for help and You do not listen? I cry out to You, 'Violence!' but You do not save.

  • 37And He will say: 'Where are their gods? The rock they sought refuge in?