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2 Samuel 22:7

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In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
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  1. Psalms 18:6Rank 1 from verse 7
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    6In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  2. Jonah 2:7Rank 2 from verse 7
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    7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

  3. Psalms 116:4Rank 3 from verse 7
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    4Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

  4. Exodus 3:7Rank 4 from verse 7
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    7¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  5. Psalms 120:1Rank 5 from verse 7
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    1IN my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.

  6. Psalms 27:4Rank 6 from verse 7
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    4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

  7. Psalms 34:15–17Rank 7 from verse 7
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    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

    16The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

    17The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

  8. Habakkuk 2:20Rank 8 from verse 7
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    20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

  9. Psalms 34:6Rank 9 from verse 7
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    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  10. 1 Kings 8:28–30Rank 10 from verse 7
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    28Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

    29That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

    30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  11. Hebrews 5:7Rank 11 from verse 7
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    7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

  12. James 5:4Rank 12 from verse 7
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    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

  13. Jonah 2:4Rank 13 from verse 7
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    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  14. Matthew 26:38–39Rank 14 from verse 7
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    38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

    39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  15. Luke 22:44Rank 15 from verse 7
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    44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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2 Samuel 22:7

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

distress

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Sense 1: Severe trouble, anguish, or affliction. Sense 2: As a verb, to afflict, oppress, or make miserable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cried

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1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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temple

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Sense 1: A sacred house, building, or place devoted to the worship or presence of God or an idol. Sense 2: Christ's body, expressly called the temple of his body. Sense 3: A believer's body, or believers collectively, called the temple of God or of the Holy Ghost. Sense 4: The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, expressly called the temple of the city.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

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enter

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To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

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ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

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22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

22:7In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

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22:8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

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