Verse 41

But He lifts the needy out of their affliction and makes their families like flocks.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 'He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to sit with nobles and inherit a seat of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; upon them He has set the world.'
  • Job 21:11 : 11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about.
  • Ps 78:52 : 52 But He led His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
  • Esth 8:15-17 : 15 Mordecai went out from the king's presence wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large golden crown, and a robe of fine linen and purple. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. 16 For the Jews, there was light and joy, gladness, and honor. 17 In every province and every city where the king's command and decree reached, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. And many of the peoples of the land became Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
  • Job 5:11 : 11 He sets the lowly on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
  • Job 8:7 : 7 Though your beginning was small, your future will be greatly increased.
  • Job 11:15-19 : 15 then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and not fear. 16 For you will forget your trouble, remembering it only as water that has passed by. 17 Your life will shine brighter than noonday; its darkness will be like the morning. 18 You will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and rest safely. 19 You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor.
  • 1 Sam 2:21 : 21 And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.
  • Gen 23:5-7 : 5 The Hittites replied to Abraham, 6 “Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our burial sites. None of us will withhold his burial site from you to bury your dead.” 7 Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
  • Gen 48:11 : 11 Israel said to Joseph, 'I never expected to see your face again, but now God has even let me see your children.'
  • Ruth 4:14-17 : 14 The women said to Naomi, 'Praise the Lord, who has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer today. May his name become famous in Israel!' 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth. 16 Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became his nurse. 17 The women living there said, 'Naomi has a son!' And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.
  • Ps 113:7-9 : 7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. 8 He seats them with princes, with the princes of His people. 9 He gives the barren woman a home, making her a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!
  • Ps 128:6 : 6 May you live to see your children’s children—peace be upon Israel.
  • Prov 17:6 : 6 Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.
  • Isa 49:20-22 : 20 The children you thought you had lost will say in your hearing, 'This place is too small for us. Make room for us to live here.' 21 Then you will say in your heart, 'Who bore me these children? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and rejected. Who raised these? I was left all alone—where have these come from?' 22 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'See, I will lift up my hand to the nations and raise my banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.'
  • Jer 52:31-34 : 31 In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and released him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes and regularly ate at the king’s table for the rest of his life. 34 As long as he lived, his regular food allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, day by day, until his death.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
  • Job 42:10-12 : 10 After Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and ate with him in his house. They showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the misfortune that the LORD had brought upon him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12 The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
  • Job 42:16 : 16 After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.