Category
108 Bible Verses about Asking for Help
You know, it's tough sometimes to ask for help, even when things are really piling up and you just don't know what to do. It's easy to try to go it alone, to wear yourself out physically and emotionally, all because you don't want to bother anyone or be judged. We build up these walls to protect ourselves, forgetting that there are people around us who genuinely want to help, and ultimately, we forget Jesus. He offers true love, never condemns, and has solutions for everything we face.
If there's anyone you should never hesitate to reach out to, it's God. He's right there with you, your rock, holding your hand and saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to help." He wants you to trust completely that in His hands, you'll find peace. Open your heart to Him. Tell Him everything that's going on, the good, the bad, the painful. Let it all out. Cry if you need to. Let His love heal you and lift you up.
Asking the right person for help isn't a bad thing. Jesus won't shame you or broadcast your struggles. He wants you to empty yourself, to get it all off your chest, and be free from anything that's holding you back. In every situation, He wants to work in your life and for you to share His goodness and the amazing things He does.
God loves you and cares for you like you wouldn't believe. He cares about your family, your finances, your health, everything. Remember His promise in Isaiah 41:10 (NIV): "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Notice, it doesn't say He *might* help you sometime. It says He *will* always help you. You just need to ask, trusting that He hears you and He answers.
Right here, right now, receive God's peace and the confidence to come before Him without fear. Lay it all out. Your help comes from the Creator of heaven and earth, who is good and whose mercies are new every morning.
{\b A Song of Ascents.}\par\par\tab I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:\par\tab From whence shall my help come?
My help {\i cometh} from Jehovah,\par\tab Who made heaven and earth.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.\par
In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
{\i The righteous} cried, and Jehovah heard,\par\tab And delivered them out of all their troubles.
Out of my distress I called upon Jehovah:\par\tab Jehovah answered me {\i and set me} in a large place.
Blessed {\i be} the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
He that maketh many friends {\i doeth it} to his own destruction;\par\tab But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.\par
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and {\b ye shall find rest unto your souls.}
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.}\par
He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.\par
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
And call upon me in the day of trouble:\par\tab I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.\par
Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed;\par\tab But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.\par
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?\par\tab Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:\par\tab If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning,\par\tab And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand lead me,\par\tab And thy right hand shall hold me.
Thou art my hiding-place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble;\par\tab Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {\i Selah
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and hath not another to lift him up.
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,\par\tab A high tower in times of trouble;
Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am.\par\par\tab If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking wickedly;
{\b For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Hear my cry, O God;\par\tab Attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:\par\tab Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,\par\tab And lean not upon thine own understanding:
In all thy ways acknowledge him,\par\tab And he will direct thy paths.
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab I waited patiently for Jehovah;\par\tab And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;\par\tab And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
And he hath said unto me, {\cf6 My grace is sufficient for thee: for {\i my} power is made perfect in weakness.} Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for {\i us} with groanings which cannot be uttered;
{\b QOPH.}\par\par\tab I have called with my whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah:\par\tab I will keep thy statutes.
I have called unto thee; save me,\par\tab And I shall observe thy testimonies.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.}\par
Show me thy ways, O Jehovah;\par\tab Teach me thy paths.
Guide me in thy truth, and teach me;\par\tab For thou art the God of my salvation;\par\tab For thee do I wait all the day.
and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and good works;
not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting {\i one another}; and so much the more, as ye see the day drawing nigh.\par
In the day that I called thou answeredst me,\par\tab Thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.\par
There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.\par
Unless Jehovah had been my help,\par\tab My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
When I said, My foot slippeth;\par\tab Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me\par\tab Thy comforts delight my soul.
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.\par
And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge;\par\tab Let me never be put to shame:\par\tab Deliver me in thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:\par\tab Be thou to me a strong rock,\par\tab A house of defence to save me.
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him,\par\tab To all that call upon him in truth.
For Jehovah giveth wisdom;\par\tab Out of his mouth {\i cometh} knowledge and understanding:
not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Now I beseech you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and {\i that} there be no divisions among you; but {\i that} ye be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Search me, O God, and know my heart:\par\tab Try me, and know my thoughts;
And see if there be any wicked way in me,\par\tab And lead me in the way everlasting.
Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, {\b I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.}
So that with good courage we say,\par\tab {\b The Lord is my helper; I will not fear:\par\tab What shall man do unto me?}\par
Thou wilt keep {\i him} in perfect peace, {\i whose} mind {\i is} stayed {\i on thee}; because he trusteth in thee.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses:\par\tab He turneth it whithersoever he will.
But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;\par\tab Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
But seek ye first the kingdom {\i of God}, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
{\b For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah.}\par\par\tab As the hart panteth after the water brooks,\par\tab So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:\par\tab When shall I come and appear before God?
I anticipated the dawning of the morning, and cried:\par\tab I hoped in thy words.
Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,\par\tab That I might meditate on thy word.
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.\par
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.
And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or {\i one} member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
For I, Jehovah thy God, will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
I love Jehovah, because he heareth\par\tab My voice and my supplications.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,\par\tab Therefore will I call {\i upon him} as long as I live.
Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as {\i we are, yet} without sin.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par
according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;
Jehovah is thy keeper:\par\tab Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day,\par\tab Nor the moon by night.
Jehovah will keep thee from all evil;\par\tab He will keep thy soul.
Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in\par\tab From this time forth and for evermore.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, {\i even} Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.
Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus:
that with one accord ye may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
In God (I will praise his word),\par\tab In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;\par\tab What can flesh do unto me?
Oh keep my soul, and deliver me:\par\tab Let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in thee.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,\par\tab And his good deed will he pay him again.
The proud have forged a lie against me:\par\tab With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
For wisdom is a defence, even as money is a defence; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserveth the life of him that hath it.
{\i My} little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only {\i use} not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
{\b For the Chief Musician; after the manner of Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab My soul waiteth in silence for God only:\par\tab From him {\i cometh} my salvation.
He only is my rock and my salvation:\par\tab {\i He is} my high tower;\par\tab I shall not be greatly moved.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:\par\tab He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel\par\tab Will neither slumber nor sleep.
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for {\i us} with groanings which cannot be uttered;
and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to {\i the will of} God.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;\par\tab For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;
I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous,\par\tab And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.}
Be still, and know that I am God:\par\tab I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one {\i and} a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
saying, {\cf6 Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.}
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help {\i us} in time of need.\par
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me.
Bow down thine ear unto me; deliver me speedily:\par\tab Be thou to me a strong rock,\par\tab A house of defence to save me.
{\b For the Chief Musician. {\i A Psalm} of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.}\par\par\tab God is our refuge and strength,\par\tab A very present help in trouble.