Job 29:13

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.

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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;

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.

Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

Proverbs 22:22
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Leviticus 23:22
And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

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 22:8
For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it.

Proverbs 14:31
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

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.

Amos 5:12
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

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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;

Job 22:9
You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

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.

Job 24:21
He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to him who is near to destruction, and wine to him whose soul is bitter:

Job 24:3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

Job 24:7
They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.

Ezekiel 18:7
And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

Ezekiel 18:16
Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

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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.

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. ...

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.

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James 1:27
The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.

Luke 18:3
And there was a widow in that town, and she kept on coming to him and saying, Give me my right against the man who has done me wrong.

Luke 18:4
And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Luke 18:5
Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

Acts 9:39
And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Acts 9:41
And he took her hand, lifting her up; and, sending for the saints and widows, he gave her to them, living.

Luke 7:12
Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

Isaiah 65:14
My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.

1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or children's children, let these see that it is right to take care of their family and their fathers and mothers: for this is pleasing in the eyes of God.

1 Timothy 5:5
Now she who is truly a widow and without family puts her hope in God, giving herself to prayer day and night.

1 Timothy 5:9
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,

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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.

Deuteronomy 10:18
Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

Isaiah 1:23
Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Zechariah 7:10
Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.

Exodus 22:22
Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 16:11
Then you are to be glad before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is with you, and the man from a strange country, and the child without a father, and the widow, who are living among you, in the place marked out by the Lord your God as a resting-place for his name.

Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Psalms 68:5
A father to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

Psalms 94:6
They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;

Psalms 146:9
The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

Isaiah 10:2
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

Ezekiel 22:7
In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

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2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;

2 Timothy 1:17
But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me

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.

Proverbs 11:26
He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

Proverbs 24:25
But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

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Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

Psalms 82:3
Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

Psalms 82:4
Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.

Psalms 72:4
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Jeremiah 5:28
They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

Exodus 20:13
Do not put anyone to death without cause.

Psalms 72:2
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

Psalms 72:12
For he will be a saviour to the poor in answer to his cry; and to him who is in need, without a helper.

Psalms 72:13
He will have pity on the poor, and be the saviour of those who are in need.

Proverbs 24:11
Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

Jeremiah 22:16
He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

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Exodus 2:6
And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

2 Chronicles 28:15
And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.

Luke 10:33
But a certain man of Samaria, journeying that way, came where he was, and when he saw him, he was moved with pity for him,

Luke 10:34
And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.

Acts 16:33
And that same hour of the night, he took them, and when he had given attention to their wounds, he and all his family had baptism straight away.

Acts 28:2
And the simple people living there were uncommonly kind to us, for they made a fire for us, and took us in, because it was raining and cold.

Hebrews 10:34
For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

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Ruth 2:20
And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, May the blessing of the Lord, who has at all times been kind to the living and to the dead, be on him. And Naomi said to her, The man is of our family, one of our near relations.

Ruth 3:10
And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

2 Samuel 2:5
And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!

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