Genesis 4:7
4:7 Is it not true
that if you do what is right, you will be fine?
But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching
at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
Job 42:8-9
42:8 So now take
seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede
for you, and I will respect him,
so that I do not deal with you
according to your folly,
because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
42:9 So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job.
Psalms 34:15
34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly
and hears their cry for help.
Psalms 102:17
102:17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute,
and does not reject their request.
Psalms 145:19
145:19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers;
he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
Jeremiah 14:10
14:10 Then the Lord spoke about these people.
“They truly love to go astray.
They cannot keep from running away from me.
So I am not pleased with them.
I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done
and punish them for their sins.”
Matthew 12:20
12:20 He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick,
until he brings justice to victory.
Luke 11:8
11:8 I tell you, even though the man inside
will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s
sheer persistence
he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
Hebrews 2:17
2:17 Therefore he had
to be made like his brothers and sisters
in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement
for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 4:15-16
4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
4:16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.