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Job 29:11
For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

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Job 29:12
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

Job 29:14
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Job 29:17
By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

Isaiah 1:17
Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

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Job 29:7
When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

Job 29:9
The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

Job 29:10
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 29:18
Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

Job 29:19
My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

Job 29:20
My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

Job 30:1
But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

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Job 31:16
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Job 31:17
If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

Job 31:18
(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

Job 31:19
If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

Job 31:20
If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

Deuteronomy 24:13
But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

2 Timothy 1:18
(May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.

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Job 29:21
Men gave ear to me, waiting and keeping quiet for my suggestions.

Job 29:22
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

Job 29:23
They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.

Job 29:24
I was laughing at them when they had no hope, and the light of my face was never clouded by their fear.

Job 29:25
I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

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Proverbs 31:28
Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

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Psalms 48:8
As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)

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Proverbs 15:31
The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

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Luke 4:22
And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

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