The Lord is near to you and He hears and sees you. He comforts you in your difficulties.

“And the LORD said: I have surely seen the oppression [oniy] of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.” (Ex 3:7)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation” (2Cor 1:3,4)

“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation [paraklesis] and good hope by grace” (2Thes 2:16)

“And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort [paraklesis] of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.” (Acts 9:31)

“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort [paraklesis] of the Scriptures might have hope. Now may the God of patience and comfort [paraklesis] grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus” (Rom 15:4-5)

“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me…He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted” (Lk 4:18)

“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me…He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted” (Isa 61:1)

“The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit.” (Ps 34:18)

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (Ps 147:3)

“casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully].” (1Pet 5:7 AMP)

“For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort [nacham] me.” (Ps 23:4)

“Behold, you [Hagar] are with child, and you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your affliction [oniy].” (Gen 16:11)

“God has seen my affliction [oniy] and the labor of my [Jacob] hands, and rebuked you last night.” (Gen 31:42)

“Go and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen what is done to you in Egypt; and I have said I will bring you up out of the affliction [oniy] of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.” (Ex 3:16-17)

“So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction [oniy], then they bowed their heads and worshiped.” (Ex 4:31)

“Then we cried out to the LORD God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and looked on our affliction [oniy] and our labor and our oppression.” (Deut 26:7)

“For the LORD saw that the affliction [oniy] of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, there was no helper for Israel.” (2Kin 14:26)

“This is my comfort in my affliction [oniy], for Your word has given me life.” (Ps 119:50)

“Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction [oniy].” (Isa 48:10)

“O LORD, behold my affliction [oniy], for the enemy is exalted!” (Lam 1:9)

“O LORD, I will praise You;

“Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.” (Isa 12:1)

“But it is good for me to draw near to God” (Ps 73:28)

“The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.” (Ps 145:18)

“Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.” (Isa 55:6)

“Am I a God near at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off?” (Jer 23:23)

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” (Jm 4:8)

“let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” (Heb 10:22)

“But it is good for me to draw near to God” (Ps 73:28)

Reading: Ex 2-4; Jn 4