Exodus 3:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings,

Cross References

Genesis 16:11

And the angel of the Lord said to her, “Now you have conceived and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the Lord has given heed to your affliction.

Genesis 18:21

I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.”

Genesis 21:17

And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

Genesis 29:32

Leah conceived and bore a son, and she named him Reuben; for she said, “Because the Lord has looked on my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 31:12

And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the goats that leap on the flock are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

2 Samuel 22:28

You deliver a humble people, but your eyes are upon the haughty to bring them down.

2 Kings 13:4

But Jehoahaz entreated the Lord, and the Lord heeded him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

2 Kings 20:5

“Turn back, and say to Hezekiah prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 9:9

“And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

Psalm 106:44

Nevertheless he regarded their distress when he heard their cry.

Psalm 12:6

The promises of the Lord are promises that are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit is faint, you know my way. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; he also hears their cry, and saves them.

Psalm 22:24

For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me, but heard when I cried to him.

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 34:6

This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble.

Psalm 35:22

You have seen, O Lord; do not be silent! O Lord, do not be far from me!

Psalm 9:14

so that I may recount all your praises, and, in the gates of daughter Zion, rejoice in your deliverance.

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:8

Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Exodus 22:23

If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry;

Exodus 33:13

Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your ways, so that I may know you and find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.”

Exodus 5:10

So the taskmasters and the supervisors of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw.

Exodus 5:6

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, as well as their supervisors,

Isaiah 63:9

in all their distress. It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Numbers 20:16

and when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and here we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.

Acts 7:34

I have surely seen the mistreatment of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you to Egypt.’

Hebrews 4:15

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.

1 Samuel 9:16

“Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have seen the suffering of my people, because their outcry has come to me.”