Bible Cross References
God
Psalm 107:10
Some were living in gloom and darkness, prisoners suffering in chains,
Psalm 107:41
But he rescued the needy from their misery and made their families increase like flocks.
Psalm 113:9
He honors the childless wife in her home; he makes her happy by giving her children. Praise the LORD!
1 Samuel 2:5
The people who once were well fed now hire themselves out to get food, but the hungry are hungry no more. The childless wife has borne seven children, but the mother of many is left with none.
Galatians 4:27
For the scripture says, "Be happy, you childless woman! Shout and cry with joy, you who never felt the pains of childbirth! For the woman who was deserted will have more children than the woman whose husband never left her."
he bringeth
Psalm 107:10
Some were living in gloom and darkness, prisoners suffering in chains,
Psalm 107:14
He brought them out of their gloom and darkness and broke their chains in pieces.
Psalm 146:7
he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free
Isaiah 61:1
The Sovereign LORD has filled me with his Spirit. He has chosen me and sent me To bring good news to the poor, To heal the broken-hearted, To announce release to captives And freedom to those in prison.
Acts 12:6-25
6
The night before Herod was going to bring him out to the people, Peter was sleeping between two guards. He was tied with two chains, and there were guards on duty at the prison gate.
7
Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood there, and a light shone in the cell. The angel shook Peter by the shoulder, woke him up, and said, "Hurry! Get up!" At once the chains fell off Peter's hands.
8
Then the angel said, "Tighten your belt and put on your sandals." Peter did so, and the angel said, "Put your cloak around you and come with me."
9
Peter followed him out of the prison, not knowing, however, if what the angel was doing was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.
10
They passed by the first guard station and then the second, and came at last to the iron gate that opens into the city. The gate opened for them by itself, and they went out. They walked down a street, and suddenly the angel left Peter.
11
Then Peter realized what had happened to him, and said, "Now I know that it is really true! The Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod's power and from everything the Jewish people expected to happen."
12
Aware of his situation, he went to the home of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
13
Peter knocked at the outside door, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer it.
14
She recognized Peter's voice and was so happy that she ran back in without opening the door, and announced that Peter was standing outside.
15
"You are crazy!" they told her. But she insisted that it was true. So they answered, "It is his angel."
16
Meanwhile Peter kept on knocking. At last they opened the door, and when they saw him, they were amazed.
17
He motioned with his hand for them to be quiet, and he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. "Tell this to James and the rest of the believers," he said; then he left and went somewhere else.
18
When morning came, there was a tremendous confusion among the guards---what had happened to Peter?
19
Herod gave orders to search for him, but they could not find him. So he had the guards questioned and ordered them put to death. After this, Herod left Judea and spent some time in Caesarea.
20
Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, so they went in a group to see him. First they convinced Blastus, the man in charge of the palace, that he should help them. Then they went to Herod and asked him for peace, because their country got its food supplies from the king's country.
21
On a chosen day Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to the people.
22
"It isn't a man speaking, but a god!" they shouted.
23
At once the angel of the Lord struck Herod down, because he did not give honor to God. He was eaten by worms and died.
24
Meanwhile the word of God continued to spread and grow.
25
Barnabas and Saul finished their mission and returned from Jerusalem, taking John Mark with them.
the rebellious
Psalm 107:34
He made rich soil become a salty wasteland because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
Psalm 107:40
he showed contempt for their oppressors and made them wander in trackless deserts.
Deuteronomy 28:23
No rain will fall, and your ground will become as hard as iron.
Deuteronomy 28:24
Instead of rain, the LORD will send down duststorms and sandstorms until you are destroyed.
Hosea 2:3
If she does not, I will strip her as naked as she was on the day she was born. I will make her like a dry and barren land, and she will die of thirst.
Malachi 1:3
and have hated Esau and his descendants. I have devastated Esau's hill country and abandoned the land to jackals."