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

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.

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.

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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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.

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

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 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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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.

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.

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

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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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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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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