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Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Deliverance of, Effected 1 Kings 20:15–21

So Ahab assembled the young officers of the district governors, and there were 232 men. And after them, he assembled the rest of the Israelite troops, 7,000 in all. / They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk. / And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”

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Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Deliverance of, Predicted 1 Kings 20:13, 14

Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.’” / “By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.

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Armies: March in Ranks: Samaria's Deliverances 1 Kings 20:1

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

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Armies: March in Ranks: Samaria's Deliverances 2 Kings 7:1

Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

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Deceit: Saints: Pray for Deliverance from Those Who Use Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

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Deceit: Saints: Pray for Deliverance from Those Who Use Psalm 120:2

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

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Deliverance Psalm 34:17

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles.

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Deliverance Psalm 107:6

Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.

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Deliverance Psalm 50:15

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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Deliverance 2 Samuel 22:2

He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

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Deliverance Psalm 34:4

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

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Deliverance James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

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Deliverance Galatians 5:1

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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Deliverance John 8:32

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

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Deliverance John 15:7

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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Deliverance 2 Peter 2:9

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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Deliverance from Enemies Psalm 18:2

The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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Deliverance from Enemies Luke 1:71

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

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Deliverance from Enemies Psalm 18:17

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

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Deliverance from Enemies Acts 16:31

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

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Deliverance from Enemies 2 Samuel 22:18

He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.

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Deliverance from Enemies Galatians 5:1

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

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Deliverance from Enemies Romans 1:16

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

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Deliverance from Enemies Romans 6:4

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

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Deliverance Ministry Psalm 32:7, 8

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah / I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

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Deliverance Ministry 2 Corinthians 10:3–5

For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. / The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. / We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

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Deliverance Ministry Acts 3:16

By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.

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Deliverance Ministry Matthew 10:8

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

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Enemies: Praise God for Deliverance From Psalm 136:24

and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.

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Enemies: Pray for Deliverance From 1 Samuel 12:10

Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

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Enemies: Pray for Deliverance From Psalm 17:9

from the wicked who assail me, from my mortal enemies who surround me.

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Enemies: Pray for Deliverance From Psalm 59:1

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch David’s house in order to kill him. Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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Enemies: Pray for Deliverance From Psalm 64:1

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

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Entertainments: Given on Occasions of National Deliverance Esther 8:17

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

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Entertainments: Given on Occasions of National Deliverance Esther 9:17–19

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy. / The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy. / This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

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Faith: Mordecai, in the Deliverance of the Jews Esther 4:14

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

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Fasting in Babylon, with Prayer for Divine Deliverance and Guidance Ezra 8:21, 23

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. / So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.

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Fasting: On Account of the Captivity of the People, with Prayer for Their Deliverance Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

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Feasts: Celebrations by National Deliverances Esther 8:17

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

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Feasts: Celebrations by National Deliverances Esther 9:17–19

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy. / The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy. / This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

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Forgetting God is Forgetting His: Past Deliverance Judges 8:34

The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.

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Forgetting God is Forgetting His: Past Deliverance Psalm 78:42

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

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Forgetting God: Past Deliverances Judges 8:34

The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.

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Forgetting God: Past Deliverances Psalm 78:42

They did not remember His power—the day He redeemed them from the adversary,

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Glorifying God for His: Deliverance Psalm 50:15

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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Glorifying God: Deliverances Psalm 50:15

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

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God: Preserver: Deliverance from Egypt, Exodus 13:3, 17–22

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. / When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” / Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

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God: Preserver: Deliverance from Egypt, Exodus 14:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

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God: Preserver: Deliverance from Egypt, Exodus 19:4

‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

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God: Preserver: Deliverance from Egypt, Leviticus 26:13

I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.

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God: Preserver: To the Israelites, in Bringing About Their Deliverance from Bondage Exodus 1:9–12

“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. / Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.” / So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

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God: Preserver: To the Israelites, in Bringing About Their Deliverance from Bondage Exodus 2:23–25

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. / So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. / God saw the Israelites and took notice.

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God: Preserver: To the Israelites, in Bringing About Their Deliverance from Bondage Exodus 3:7–9

The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. / I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.

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God: The Deliverance of Lot Genesis 19:1

Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

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Idolatry: They Who Practise: Look to Idols for Deliverance Isaiah 44:17

From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”

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Idolatry: They Who Practise: Look to Idols for Deliverance Isaiah 45:20

Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.

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Intercession: Answered of Samuel, for Deliverance from the Oppressions of the Philistines 1 Samuel 7:5–14

Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.” / When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. / When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines

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Israel: The Day of Their Deliverance to be a Memorial Exodus 12:42

Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

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Israel: The Day of Their Deliverance to be a Memorial Exodus 13:3–16

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. / Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving. / And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.

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Jonah: Repentance and Deliverance of Jonah 2:1

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

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Jonah: Repentance and Deliverance of Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Joy of Saints Is for Deliverance from Bondage Psalm 105:43

He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

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Joy of Saints Is for Deliverance from Bondage Jeremiah 31:10–13

Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock. / For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him. / They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

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Judgments: Sent for the Deliverance of Saints Exodus 6:6

Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

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Medo-Persian Kingdom: Predictions Respecting: Deliverance of the Jews Isaiah 44:28

who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

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Medo-Persian Kingdom: Predictions Respecting: Deliverance of the Jews Isaiah 45:1–4

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: / “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. / I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

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Miracles: Catalogue of The Deliverance of Jesus Matthew 2:13–23

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.” / So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt, / where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

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Moses: Composes a Song for the People of Israel on Their Deliverance from Pharaoh Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.

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Moses: Secures the Deliverance of the People and Leads Them out of Egypt Exodus 13:1

Then the LORD said to Moses,

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Persecution of the Righteous: Deliverance From Psalm 124:1

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—

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Persecution of the Righteous: Deliverance From Psalm 129:1, 2

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare— / many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

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Persecution: Saints Suffering, should Pray for Deliverance Psalm 7:1

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

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Persecution: Saints Suffering, should Pray for Deliverance Psalm 119:86

All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

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Praise is Due to God on Account of Deliverance Psalm 40:1–3

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. / He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. / He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

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Praise is Due to God on Account of Deliverance Psalm 124:6

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

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Praise of David: Celebrating his Deliverance from the Hand of Saul 2 Samuel 22:1

And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Deliverance Psalm 25:17, 22

The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress. / Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Deliverance Psalm 39:10

Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Deliverance Isaiah 64:9–12

Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! / Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Deliverance Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Pardon and Deliverance from Sin Psalm 39:8

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Pardon and Deliverance from Sin Psalm 51:1

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

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Prayer Under Affliction for Pardon and Deliverance from Sin Psalm 79:8

Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.

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Prayer: Answered: Hagar, for Deliverance Genesis 16:7–13

Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur. / “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied. / So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

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Prayer: Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:14–20

So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. / And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. / Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

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Prayer: Answered: Hezekiah and Isaiah, for Deliverance from Sennacherib 2 Chronicles 32:20–23

In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer, / and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. / So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.

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Prayer: Answered: Jacob, for Deliverance from Esau Genesis 32:9–32

Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’ / I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps. / Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

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Prayer: Answered: Jacob, for Deliverance from Esau Genesis 33:1–17

Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. / He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. / But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

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Prayer: Answered: Manasseh, for Deliverance from the King of Babylon 2 Chronicles 33:13, 19

And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God. / His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.

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Prayer: Answered: The Reubenites, for Deliverance from the Hagarites 1 Chronicles 5:20

And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

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Prayer: The Disciples Prayed for Peter; the Answer Included Peter's Deliverance Acts 12:15

“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

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Prayer: The Disciples Prayed for Peter; the Answer Included Peter's Deliverance Acts 12:5

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

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Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The Deliverance of Jeremiah Predicted and Fulfilled Jeremiah 39:15–18

And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: / “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes. / But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.

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Psalms of David in Celebrating his Deliverance 2 Samuel 22:1

And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

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Psalms of Hezekiah, Celebrating Deliverance from Death Isaiah 38:9–20

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: / I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.” / I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.

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Psalms of Moses, Celebrating the Deliverance at the Red Sea Exodus 15:1–19

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. / The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. / The LORD is a warrior, the LORD is His name.

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Purim: A Feast Instituted to Commemorate the Deliverance of the Jews from the Plot of Haman Esther 9:20–32

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far, / to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar / as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

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Salvation is Deliverance From: Enemies Luke 1:71, 74

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us, / deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

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Salvation is Deliverance From: Eternal Death John 3:16, 17

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

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Salvation is Deliverance From: Sin Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”

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