Exo 2:23-24, 3:7, 9, Job 22:9-10, 24:12, 29:12-13, 31:19-20, 35:9, Psa 12:5 | ESV | STEP | During those many days the king of Egypt died , and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God .

Exodus 2:23-24

God Hears Israel’s Groaning

23 ^aDuring those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel ^bgroaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. ^cTheir cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. 24 And ^dGod heard their groaning, and God ^eremembered his covenant with ^fAbraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 3:7

7 Then the Lord said, ^g“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their ^htaskmasters. I know their sufferings,

Exodus 3:9

9 And now, behold, ⁱthe cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the ^joppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

Job 22:9-10

9 You have ^ksent widows away empty,
and ^lthe arms of ^mthe fatherless were crushed.
10 Therefore ⁿsnares are all around you,
and sudden terror overwhelms you,

Job 24:12

12 From out of the city the dying groan,
and the soul of ^othe wounded cries for help;
yet God charges no one with ^pwrong.

Job 29:12-13

12 because I ^qdelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^rThe blessing of him who was ^sabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^tthe widow’s heart to sing for joy.

Job 31:19-20

19 if I have seen anyone ^uperish for ^vlack of clothing,
or the needy without ^wcovering,
20 if his body has not ^xblessed me, ^{▼▼Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me}
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

Job 35:9

9 “Because of the multitude of ^zoppressions people ^aacry out;
they call for help because of the arm of ^abthe mighty. ^{▼▼Or the many}

Psalms 12:5

5 “Because ^adthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,
^aeI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the ^afsafety for which he longs.”