Romans 9:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 9:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 9:2 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 9:2 — KJV
“That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.”
— Romans 9:2 (KJV)
Romans 9:2 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 9:2
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires continually: Heb. every day”
Shares key themes with Romans 9:2: great, continual, heart
“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.”
Shares key themes with Romans 9:2: heaviness, sorrow, heart
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. to thy...: or, subject to thy husband”
Shares key themes with Romans 9:2: great, sorrow
“And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.”
Shares key themes with Romans 9:2: continual, heart
“And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually.”
Shares key themes with Romans 9:2: continual, heart
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