Verse 25

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the needy?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But when they were ill, I wore sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayer returned to me unanswered. 14 I behaved as if they were my friend or brother; I mourned as one mourning for a mother, bowed down in sorrow.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 the king said, "Is not this the great Babylon which I have built as a royal residence by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept over it.
  • John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 Whoever despises their neighbor sins, but blessed is the one who is kind to the poor.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoever mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 Whoever increases his wealth by charging interest and unfair gain gathers it for one who is kind to the poor.
  • Isa 58:7-8 : 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood. 8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
  • 2 Cor 9:9 : 9 As it is written: 'He has scattered; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.'
  • Job 24:4 : 4 They turn the needy off the path, and the poor of the land are forced to hide together.
  • Job 31:16-21 : 16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 if I have eaten my morsel alone, without sharing with the fatherless— 18 but from my youth I raised him as a father would, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— 19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments, 20 and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep— 21 If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate,
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 For the director of music. According to the eighth. A psalm of David.