Job 29:13
The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.
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In The King James Version
In Context
12This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.
14I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:11And you shall feast in the sight of the Lord your God: you, your son and your daughter, your man servant and your woman servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the new arrival as well as the orphan and the widow, who abide with you, in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may dwell there.
Deuteronomy 26:5And you shall say, in the sight of the Lord your God: ‘The Syrian pursued my father, who descended into Egypt, and he sojourned there in a very small number, and he increased into a great and strong nation and into an innumerable multitude.
Nehemiah 8:10And he said to them: “Go, eat fat foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to those who have not prepared for themselves. For it is the holy day of the Lord. And do not be sad. For the joy of the Lord is also our strength.”
Job 31:19if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,
Psalms 67:4And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to the grieving, and wine to those who are bitter in soul.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:8-18
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! 8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. 9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. 10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. 13 The… Read the whole commentary →