Bible Cross References
how long
Psalm 85:5
Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger never cease?
Isaiah 58:2
They worship me every day, claiming that they are eager to know my ways and obey my laws. They say they want me to give them just laws and that they take pleasure in worshiping me."
Isaiah 58:3
The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
Isaiah 58:6-9
6
"The kind of fasting I want is this: Remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free.
7
Share your food with the hungry and open your homes to the homeless poor. Give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and do not refuse to help your own relatives.
8
"Then my favor will shine on you like the morning sun, and your wounds will be quickly healed. I will always be with you to save you; my presence will protect you on every side.
9
When you pray, I will answer you. When you call to me, I will respond. "If you put an end to oppression, to every gesture of contempt, and to every evil word;
Lamentations 3:44
By a cloud of fury too thick for our prayers to get through.
Matthew 15:22-28
22
A Canaanite woman who lived in that region came to him. "Son of David!" she cried out. "Have mercy on me, sir! My daughter has a demon and is in a terrible condition."
23
But Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples came to him and begged him, "Send her away! She is following us and making all this noise!"
24
Then Jesus replied, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel."
25
At this the woman came and fell at his feet. "Help me, sir!" she said.
26
Jesus answered, "It isn't right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs."
27
"That's true, sir," she answered, "but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their masters' table."
28
So Jesus answered her, "You are a woman of great faith! What you want will be done for you." And at that very moment her daughter was healed.
Luke 18:1-8
1
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged.
2
"In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.
3
And there was a widow in that same town who kept coming to him and pleading for her rights, saying, 'Help me against my opponent!'
4
For a long time the judge refused to act, but at last he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or respect people,
5
yet because of all the trouble this widow is giving me, I will see to it that she gets her rights. If I don't, she will keep on coming and finally wear me out!' "
6
And the Lord continued, "Listen to what that corrupt judge said.
7
Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them?
8
I tell you, he will judge in their favor and do it quickly. But will the Son of Man find faith on earth when he comes?"
be angry
Psalm 74:1
Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever?
Deuteronomy 29:20
The LORD will not forgive such a man. Instead, the LORD's burning anger will flame up against him, and all the disasters written in this book will fall on him until the LORD has destroyed him completely.