Deuteronomy 26:7

New American Bible - revised edition

we cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our cry and saw our affliction, our toil and our oppression.

Cross References

Genesis 21:17

God heard the boy’s voice, and God’s angel called to Hagar from heaven: “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not fear; God has heard the boy’s voice in this plight of his.

Genesis 29:32

Leah conceived and bore a son, and she named him Reuben; for she said, “It means, ‘The Lord saw my misery; surely now my husband will love me.’”

2 Samuel 16:12

Perhaps the Lord will look upon my affliction and repay me with good for the curses he is uttering this day.”

Psalm 119:132

Turn to me and be gracious, according to your judgment for those who love your name.

Psalm 31:8

I will rejoice and be glad in your mercy, once you have seen my misery, [and] gotten to know the distress of my soul.

Psalm 50:15

Then call on me on the day of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me.”

Exodus 2:23

A long time passed, during which the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their bondage and cried out, and from their bondage their cry for help went up to God.

Exodus 2:25

God saw the Israelites, and God knew….

Exodus 3:9

Now indeed the outcry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them.

Exodus 4:31

The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had observed the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they knelt and bowed down.

Exodus 6:5

Now that I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians have reduced to slavery, I am mindful of my covenant.

Jeremiah 33:2

Thus says the Lord who made the earth, giving it shape and stability, Lord is his name:

1 Samuel 9:16

At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin whom you are to anoint as ruler of my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. I have looked upon my people; their cry has come to me.