Lexicon :: Strong's G998 - boēthos

Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.”

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man[fn] no helper was found corresponding to him.

The LORD is my strength and my song;[fn]

he has become my salvation.

This is my God, and I will praise him,

my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

and the other Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).[fn]

He said this about Judah:

LORD, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people.

He fights for his cause[fn] with his own hands,

but may you be a help against his foes.

There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

who rides the heavens to your aid,

the clouds in his majesty.

How happy you are, Israel!

Who is like you,

a people saved by the LORD?

He is the shield that protects you,

the sword you boast in.

Your enemies will cringe before you,

and you will tread on their backs.[fn]

“Curse Meroz,” says the angel of the LORD,

“Bitterly curse her inhabitants,

for they did not come to help the LORD,

to help the LORD with the warriors.”

Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it upright between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[fn] explaining, “The LORD has helped us to this point.”

They look, but there is no one to save them —

they look to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

Then the Spirit enveloped[fn] Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:

We are yours, David,

we are with you, son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

and peace to him who helps you,

for your God helps you.

So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.

the Almighty will be your gold

and your finest silver.

For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,

and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

The LORD is a refuge for the persecuted,

a refuge in times of trouble.

But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.

The LORD is my rock,

my fortress, and my deliverer,

my God, my rock where I seek refuge,

my shield and the horn of my salvation,

my stronghold.

May the words of my mouth

and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable to you,

LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.

Do not hide your face from me;

do not turn your servant away in anger.

You have been my helper;

do not leave me or abandon me,

God of my salvation.

The LORD is my strength and my shield;

my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.

Therefore my heart celebrates,

and I give thanks to him with my song.

“LORD, listen and be gracious to me;

LORD, be my helper.”

We wait for the LORD;

he is our help and shield.

I am oppressed and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and my deliverer;

my God, do not delay.

God is our refuge and strength,

a helper who is always found

in times of trouble.

“Here is the man

who would not make God his refuge,

but trusted in the abundance of his riches,

taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”

To you, my strength, I sing praises,

because God is my stronghold —

my faithful God.

Trust in him at all times, you people;

pour out your hearts before him.

God is our refuge.Selah

because you are my helper;

I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

I am oppressed and needy;

hurry to me, God.

You are my help and my deliverer;

LORD, do not delay.

I am like a miraculous sign to many,

and you are my strong refuge.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

They remembered that God was their rock,

the Most High God, their Redeemer.

Sing for joy to God our strength;

shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.

But the LORD is my refuge;

my God is the rock of my protection.

Israel,[fn] trust in the LORD!

He is their help and shield.

The LORD is for me; I will not be afraid.

What can a mere mortal do to me?

You are my shelter and my shield;

I put my hope in your word.

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,

whose hope is in the LORD his God,

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,

and you have failed to remember

the rock of your strength;

therefore you will plant beautiful plants

and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

For you have been a stronghold for the poor person,

a stronghold for the needy in his distress,

a refuge from storms and a shade from heat.

When the breath of the violent

is like a storm against a wall,

The Lord GOD will help me;

therefore I have not been humiliated;

therefore I have set my face like flint,

and I know I will not be put to shame.

I looked, but there was no one to help,

and I was amazed that no one assisted;

so my arm accomplished victory for me,

and my wrath assisted me.

During the days of her affliction and homelessness

Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings

that were hers in days of old.

When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,

she had no one to help.

The adversaries looked at her,

laughing over her downfall.

“I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.

Cush and Egypt were her endless source of strength;

Put and Libya were among her[fn] allies.