Verse 25

I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging for bread.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'
  • Ps 25:13 : 13 His soul will dwell in well-being, and his offspring will inherit the land.
  • 1 Sam 12:22 : 22 For the LORD will not abandon His people for the sake of His great name, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.
  • Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  • Heb 12:5-6 : 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him." 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.
  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
  • Prov 13:22 : 22 A good person leaves an inheritance for their grandchildren, but the sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
  • 2 Cor 4:9 : 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
  • Phlm 1:8-9 : 8 For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right, 9 I appeal instead, on the basis of love. Being such as I am—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
  • Luke 1:53-55 : 53 He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty. 54 He has helped His servant Israel, remembering His mercy, 55 just as He spoke to our ancestors, to Abraham and his descendants forever.
  • Acts 21:16 : 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing us to Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, with whom we were to stay.
  • Ps 59:15 : 15 They return at evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.
  • Ps 71:9 : 9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
  • Ps 71:18 : 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.
  • Ps 94:14 : 14 For the LORD will not reject His people; He will never forsake His inheritance.
  • Job 15:23 : 23 He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.
  • Job 32:6-7 : 6 So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said, "I am young in years, and you are old; therefore, I held back and was afraid to tell you what I think. 7 I thought, ‘Age should speak; let many years teach wisdom.’
  • Gen 17:7 : 7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  • Josh 1:5 : 5 No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will never leave you nor abandon you.
  • Ps 109:10 : 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.
  • Isa 13:16 : 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.