2 Samuel 22:42

New Living Translation

They looked for help, but no one came to their rescue. They even cried to the Lord, but he refused to answer.

Cross References

Job 27:9

Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?

Proverbs 1:28

“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.

Isaiah 1:15

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

Isaiah 17:7

Then at last the people will look to their Creator and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 17:8

They will no longer look to their idols for help or worship what their own hands have made. They will never again bow down to their Asherah poles or worship at the pagan shrines they have built.

Ezekiel 20:3

“Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: How dare you come to ask me for a message? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will tell you nothing!’

Micah 3:4

Then you beg the Lord for help in times of trouble! Do you really expect him to answer? After all the evil you have done, he won’t even look at you!”

1 Samuel 28:6

He asked the Lord what he should do, but the Lord refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets.