Bible Verses AboutRelief
Bible verses about Relief
The Bible offers profound insight into relief, not just as a temporary alleviation of suffering, but as a deep, abiding peace rooted in God's love and provision. Exploring these verses unveils the heart of a compassionate God who hears the cries of the afflicted and actively works to bring comfort and restoration. Understanding biblical relief transcends mere physical aid; it encompasses spiritual renewal, emotional healing, and the promise of eternal hope. Through scripture, we discover that true relief comes from surrendering our burdens to God, trusting in His unwavering presence, and extending that same compassion to others in their time of need, reflecting His light in a broken world.
Most Helpful Verses
Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.
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The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer–sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer–sheba.
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath–jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate!
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.
And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe privily.
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.
And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord:
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
For the Lord your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the Lord hearkened unto me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy thee.
And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side Jordan.
Reflection
Contemplating Relief
The Bible, as these verses demonstrate, offers profound and multifaceted relief. It's not simply about the absence of suffering, but a deeper, transformative experience rooted in faith, prayer, and reliance on God. From promises of provision and comfort to calls for justice and compassion, these scriptures provide a framework for both receiving and extending relief in a broken world. Reflecting upon these verses should inspire us to actively seek God's presence in times of hardship, to cultivate a spirit of gratitude for blessings received, and to become channels of His grace to those around us who are in need. May we embody the principles of relief found within scripture, offering tangible support, heartfelt empathy, and unwavering hope, ultimately pointing others towards the ultimate source of solace and restoration.
May these verses about relief bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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