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Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

infirmities		Rom 15:1; 2Cr 12:5-10; Hbr 4:15; Hbr 5:2
for we		Mat 20:22; Luk 11:1; etc.; Jam 4:3
but		Rom 8:15; Psa 10:17; Zec 12:10; Mat 10:20; Gal 4:6; Eph 2:18; Eph 6:18; Jud 1:20,21
with		Rom 7:24; Psa 6:3,9; Psa 42:1-5; Psa 55:1,2; Psa 69:3; Psa 77:1-3; Psa 88:1-3; Psa 102:5,20; Psa 119:81; Psa 119:82; Psa 143:4-7; Luk 22:44; 2Cr 5:2,4; 2Cr 12:8

Correlating Passages

infirmities

	Rom 15:1	We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
	2Cr 12:5	Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
	2Cr 12:6	For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or [that] he heareth of me.
	2Cr 12:7	And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
	2Cr 12:8	For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
	2Cr 12:9	And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
	2Cr 12:10	Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
	Hbr 4:15	For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
	Hbr 5:2	Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

for we

	Mat 20:22	But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
	Luk 11:1	And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
	Jam 4:3	Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.

but

	Rom 8:15	For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
	Psa 10:17	LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
	Zec 12:10	And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.
	Mat 10:20	For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
	Gal 4:6	And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
	Eph 2:18	For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
	Eph 6:18	Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
	Jud 1:20	But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
	Jud 1:21	Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

with

	Rom 7:24	O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
	Psa 6:3	My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
	Psa 6:9	The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
	Psa 42:1	[[To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.]] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
	Psa 42:2	My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
	Psa 42:3	My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
	Psa 42:4	When I remember these [things], I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
	Psa 42:5	Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.
	Psa 55:1	[[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David.]] Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
	Psa 55:2	Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
	Psa 69:3	I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
	Psa 77:1	[[To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.]] I cried unto God with my voice, [even] unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
	Psa 77:2	In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
	Psa 77:3	I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
	Psa 88:1	[[A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.]] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee:
	Psa 88:2	Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
	Psa 88:3	For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
	Psa 102:5	By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
	Psa 102:20	To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
	Psa 119:81	CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
	Psa 119:82	Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
	Psa 143:4	Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
	Psa 143:5	I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
	Psa 143:6	I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
	Psa 143:7	Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
	Luk 22:44	And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
	2Cr 5:2	For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
	2Cr 5:4	For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
	2Cr 12:8	For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

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Scott, Thomas. "Romans 8:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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