Genesis 21:17

New American Bible - revised edition

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.

Cross References

Genesis 16:11

Then the Lord’s angel said to her: “You are now pregnant and shall bear a son; you shall name him Ishmael, For the Lord has heeded your affliction.

Psalm 50:15

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

Exodus 3:7

But the Lord said: I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry against their taskmasters, so I know well what they are suffering.

Psalm 91:15

He will call upon me and I will answer; I will be with him in distress; I will deliver him and give him honor.

Mark 5:36

Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.”

Matthew 15:32

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, for they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for fear they may collapse on the way.”

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear: I am with you; do not be anxious: I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

Isaiah 22:1

Oracle on the Valley of Vision: What is the matter with you now, that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

Psalm 65:2

To you we owe our hymn of praise, O God on Zion; To you our vows must be fulfilled,

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious with Israel and looked on them with compassion because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was unwilling to destroy them or to cast them out from his presence even up to now.

2 Kings 13:4

Then Jehoahaz entreated the Lord, who heard him, since he saw the oppression to which the king of Aram had subjected Israel.

1 Samuel 11:5

Just then Saul came in from the field, behind his oxen. “Why are the people weeping?” he asked. They repeated the message of the inhabitants of Jabesh for him.

Judges 18:23

They called to the Danites, who turned and said to Micah, “What do you want that you have called this muster?”

Exodus 22:27

You shall not despise God, nor curse a leader of your people.

Exodus 22:23

My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.

Exodus 14:13

But Moses answered the people, “Do not fear! Stand your ground and see the victory the Lord will win for you today. For these Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.

Genesis 46:3

Then he said: I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation.

Genesis 16:9

But the Lord’s angel told her: “Go back to your mistress and submit to her authority.

Genesis 15:1

Some time afterward, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.

Genesis 16:7

The Lord’s angel found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the road to Shur,

Genesis 22:11

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

Genesis 24:7

The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and the land of my relatives, and who confirmed by oath the promise he made to me, ‘I will give this land to your descendants’—he will send his angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son there.

Genesis 26:24

The same night the Lord appeared to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, your father. Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of Abraham, my servant.

Exodus 3:2

There the angel of the Lord appeared to him as fire flaming out of a bush. When he looked, although the bush was on fire, it was not being consumed.

Deuteronomy 26:7

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.

Psalm 6:8

My eyes are dimmed with sorrow, worn out because of all my foes.

Genesis 16:8

and he asked, “Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She answered, “I am running away from my mistress, Sarai.”

Psalm 10:14

But you do see; you take note of misery and sorrow; you take the matter in hand. To you the helpless can entrust their cause; you are the defender of orphans.