Romans 8:26

New International Version

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

Cross References

Job 37:19

“Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

Psalm 10:17

You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,

Psalm 102:20

to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”

Psalm 102:5

In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.

Psalm 6:3

My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?

Psalm 6:9

The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.

Psalm 69:3

I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Lamentations 3:56

You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”

Zechariah 12:10

“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

Matthew 10:20

for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 20:22

“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” they answered.

Luke 22:44

And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—

Romans 15:1

We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Romans 7:24

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?

Romans 8:15

The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

2 Corinthians 5:2

Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,

2 Corinthians 5:4

For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Galatians 4:6

Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”

Ephesians 2:18

For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

Ephesians 6:18

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.

James 4:3

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.