Does God help in times of need?


No.

And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 1 Samuel 8:18

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?. Psalm 10:1

My God, my god, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not. Psalm 22:1-2

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? Psalm 88:14

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear. Isaiah 1:15

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself. Isaiah 45:15

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. Ezekiel 20:3

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! Habakkuk 1:2

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. Hosea 5:6

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them. Micah 3:4

Yes.

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. Psalm 22:24

God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

The Lord is near to all who call upon him. Psalm 145:18

The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble. Nahum 1:7

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