Psalms 40:17
40:17 I am oppressed and needy!
May the Lord pay attention to me!
You are my helper and my deliverer!
O my God, do not delay!
Psalms 69:29
69:29 I am oppressed and suffering!
O God, deliver and protect me!
Psalms 109:22
109:22 For I am oppressed and needy,
and my heart beats violently within me.
Isaiah 53:2-3
53:2 He sprouted up like a twig before God,
like a root out of parched soil;
he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention,
no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
53:3 He was despised and rejected by people,
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him;
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
Luke 2:7
2:7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth
and laid him in a manger,
because there was no place for them in the inn.
Luke 2:12
2:12 This
will be a sign
for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
Luke 2:16
2:16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
Luke 8:3
8:3 and Joanna the wife of Cuza
(Herod’s
household manager),
Susanna, and many others who provided for them
out of their own resources.
Luke 8:2
8:2 and also some women
who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities:
Mary
(called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,
Colossians 1:9
Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church
1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,