Exodus 2:23
New King James Version
23 Now it happened (A)in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel (B)groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and (C)their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Read full chapter
James 5:4
New King James Version
4 Indeed (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (B)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [a]Sabaoth.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
Acts 7:30
New King James Version
30 (A)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel [a]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 7:30 NU omits of the Lord
Exodus 3:7-9
New King James Version
7 And the Lord said: (A)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry (B)because of their taskmasters, (C)for I know their [a]sorrows. 8 So (D)I have come down to (E)deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land (F)to a good and large land, to a land (G)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (H)the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites. 9 Now therefore, behold, (I)the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the (J)oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Exodus 3:7 pain
Genesis 18:20-21
New King James Version
20 And the Lord said, “Because (A)the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their (B)sin is very grave, 21 (C)I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, (D)I will know.”
Read full chapter
Acts 12:23-24
New King James Version
23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord (A)struck him, because (B)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [a]died.
24 But (C)the word of God grew and multiplied.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 12:23 breathed his last
Deuteronomy 26:6-7
New King James Version
6 But the (A)Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us. 7 (B)Then we cried out to the Lord God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our oppression.
Read full chapter
Matthew 2:19-20
New King James Version
The Home in Nazareth(A)
19 Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 (B)saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who (C)sought the young Child’s life are dead.”
Read full chapter
Isaiah 19:20
New King James Version
20 And (A)it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a (B)Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 5:7
New King James Version
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [a]a cry for help.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:7 wailing
Psalm 107:19-20
New King James Version
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 (A)He sent His word and (B)healed them,
And (C)delivered them from their destructions.
Psalm 81:6-7
New King James Version
6 “I removed his shoulder from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.
7 (A)You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
(B)I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I (C)tested you at the waters of [a]Meribah. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:7 Lit. Strife or Contention
Psalm 18:6
New King James Version
6 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry came before Him, even to His ears.
Psalm 12:5
New King James Version
5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Nehemiah 9:9
New King James Version
Judges 10:11-12
New King James Version
11 So the Lord said to the children of Israel, “Did I not deliver you (A)from the Egyptians and (B)from the Amorites and (C)from the people of Ammon and (D)from the Philistines? 12 Also (E)the Sidonians (F)and Amalekites and [a]Maonites (G)oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Judges 10:12 LXX mss. Midianites
Deuteronomy 24:15
New King James Version
15 Each day (A)you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; (B)lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.
Read full chapter
Numbers 20:16
New King James Version
16 (A)When we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and (B)sent the Angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
Read full chapter
Exodus 22:22-27
New King James Version
22 (A)“You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they (B)cry at all to Me, I will surely (C)hear their cry; 24 and My (D)wrath will become hot, and I will kill you with the sword; (E)your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
25 (F)“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him (G)interest. 26 (H)If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. 27 For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am (I)gracious.
Read full chapter
Exodus 7:7
New King James Version
7 And Moses was (A)eighty years old and (B)Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Read full chapter
Exodus 4:19
New King James Version
19 Now the Lord said to Moses in (A)Midian, “Go, return to (B)Egypt; for all the men who (C)sought your life are dead.”
Read full chapter
Genesis 16:11
New King James Version
11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her:
“Behold, you are with child,
(A)And you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name [a]Ishmael,
Because the Lord has heard your affliction.
Footnotes
- Genesis 16:11 Lit. God Hears
Genesis 4:10
New King James Version
10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood (A)cries out to Me from the ground.
Read full chapterScripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.