Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was about to perish came on me; 1 I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 1
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14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; 1 my justice was like a robe and a turban. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:11You will rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your city gates, and the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that Yahweh your God will choose for his sanctuary.
Deuteronomy 26:5You must say before Yahweh your God, 'My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. He went down into Egypt and stayed there, and his people were few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
Nehemiah 8:10Then Nehemiah said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and have something sweet to drink, and send some of it to one who has nothing prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
Job 31:19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, 1 or if I have seen that a needy man had no clothing; 1
Psalms 67:4Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy, 1 for you will judge the peoples with justice 1 and govern the nations on earth. Selah 1
Proverbs 31:6Give strong drink to a person who is perishing 1 and wine to those in bitter distress. 1
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 →