Job 29:16
I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 29:7 : 7 The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.
- Esth 2:7 : 7 and he norished Hadassa (that is Hester) his vncles danghter: for she had nether father ner mother, and she was a fayre and beutyfull damsell. And whan hir father and mother dyed, Mardocheus receaued her as his awne daughter.
- Job 31:18 : 18 (for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, & compassion fro my mothers wombe.)
- Ps 68:5 : 5 He is a father of ye fatherlesse, he is a defender of widdowes: eue God in his holy habitacio.
- Prov 25:2 : 2 It is the honor of God to kepe a thinge secrete, but ye kinges honor is to search out a thinge.
- Job 24:4 : 4 that thrust the poore out of the waye, & oppresse the symple of the worlde together.
- Exod 18:26 : 26 that they might allwaye iudge the people. As for soch causes as were herde, they brought them vnto Moses, and iudged the small matters them selues.
- Deut 13:14 : 14 Then shalt thou seke, make search, and enquere diligently. And yf it be founde of a trueth, that it is so in dede, yt soch abhominacion is wroughte amonge you,
- Deut 17:8-9 : 8 Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmet betwixte bloude and bloude, betwixte plee and plee, betwixte stroke and stroke, and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse, and go vp vnto ye place that ye LORDE thy God hath chosen: 9 and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites, & to the iudge which shalbe at that tyme, and shalt axe. They shal shewe the how to iudge, 10 and thou shalt do therafter, as they saye vnto the, in ye place which the LORDE hath chosen: and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all yt they teach the.
- 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 At the same tyme came there two harlottes vnto ye kynge, and stode before him. 17 And the one woman sayde: Oh my lorde, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delyuered of a childe in the house with her: 18 & on the thirde daye after that I was delyuered, she was delyuered of a childe also. And we were together, so yt there was no straunger in ye house, but we two: 19 & this womans sonne died in the nighte (for she smoored him in the slepe) 20 and she rose vp in the nighte, and toke my sonne fro my syde (where thy handmayde slepte,) and layed it in hir arme, and hir deed sonne layed she in myne arme. 21 And whan I rose vp in the mornynge to geue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was deed. But in the mornynge I loked well, and beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne. 22 The other woman sayde: Not so, my sonne lyueth, and thy sonne is deed. But she sayde: Not so, thy sonne is deed, and my sonne liueth. And thus spake they before the kynge. 23 And the kynge sayde: This woma saieth: my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed: Yonder woman sayeth: Not so, thy sonne is deed, & my sonne lyueth. 24 And the kynge saide: Fetch me a swerde. And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge, 25 the kynge sayde: Parte the lyuynge childe in two partes, and geue this woman the one halfe, and yonder woman the other halfe. 26 Then sayde the woman whose sonne lyued, vnto ye kinge: (for hir motherly hert was kyndled with pite ouer hir sonne) Oh my lorde, geue hir the childe alyue, and kyll it not. But the other sayde: Let it nether be myne ner thine, but let it be parted. 27 Then answered the kynge, and sayde: Geue this woman the lyuynge childe, and slaye it not, for she is his mother. 28 And all Israel herde of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen: and they feared the kynge, for they sawe that ye wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmet.
- Eph 5:1 : 1 Be ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children,
- Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.
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- Job 29:11-155 verses84%
11 When all they yt herde me, called me happie: & when all they yt sawe me, wysshed me good.
12 For I delyuered ye poore whe he cried, & the fatherlesse yt wanted helpe.
13 He yt shulde haue bene lost, gaue me a good worde, & ye widdowes hert praised me.
14 And why? I put vpon me rightuousnes, which couered me as a garmet, & equite was my crowne.
15 I was an eye vnto the blynde, & a fote to the lame.
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17 I brake the chaftes of ye vnrightuous, & plucte the spoyle out of their teth.
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16 Yee when he helped ye oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this, but only because he had me before his eyes? saieth the LORDE.
- Job 30:25-262 verses76%
25 Dyd not I wepe in ye tyme of trouble? Had not my soule copassion vpo ye poore?
26 Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darcknesse.
- Job 31:16-194 verses74%
16 When the poore desyred enythinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused ye wyddowe stonde waytinge for me in vayne?
17 Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherles hath had no parte with me?
18 (for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, & compassion fro my mothers wombe.)
19 Haue I sene eny man perish thorow nakednes & want of clothinge? Or, eny poore man for lack of rayment,
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21 Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite:
- Prov 31:8-92 verses73%
8 Be thou an aduocate & stonde in iudgment thyself, to speake for all soch as be dome & sucourles.
9 With yi mouth defende ye thinge yt is laufull and right, and ye cause of ye poore and helplesse.
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7 The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.
- Ps 82:3-42 verses72%
3 Sela. Defende the poore & fatherlesse, se that soch as be in nede & necessite haue right.
4 Delyuer the outcaste & poore, & saue hym from the hande of the vngodly.
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3 For when I myself was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother,
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14 This thou seist, for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe: The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande, and committeth him vnto the, for thou art the helper of the frendlesse.
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9 Thou hast sent wyddowes awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fatherlesse.
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16 O that I vtterly had no beynge, or were as a thige borne out of tyme (that is put asyde) ether as yonge children, which neuer sawe the light.
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12 Sure I am, that the LORDE wil auenge the poore, and manteyne the cause of the helplesse.
- Prov 29:13-142 verses69%
13 The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.
14 The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.
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2 wherthorow the poore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the innocetes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment: that wyddowes maye be youre praye, and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse.
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22 I go hence like ye shadowe that departeth, and am dryuen awaye as ye greshoppers.
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3 For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shall be knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seynge these thinges are so hye, and passe myne vnderstondinge.
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9 They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children, and put the poore in preson:
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15 The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.
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7 when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate, & whe they set me a chayre in ye strete:
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4 As it stode wt me, whe I was welthy & had ynough: whe God prospered my house:
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7 Beholde, though I crie, yet violece is done vnto me, I can not be herde: Though I complane, there is none to geue sentece with me.
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25 I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege, and to seke out sciece, wisdome and vnderstondinge: to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the erroure of dotinge fooles.
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35 For I was hongrie, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye lodged me:
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17 Lerne to do right, applie youre selues to equyte, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlesse to his right, let the wydowes complaynte come before you.
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11 The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.
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16 Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.
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1 Blessed is he, yt considreth ye poore: ye LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble.
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16 Then thought I to vnderstonde this, but it was to harde for me.
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8 But now will I speake off the LORDE, and talke of God:
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17 Thus can not I get out of darcknesse, the cloude hath so couered my face.
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22 Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men, thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the strife of tonges.
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29 Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or, was I euer glad, yt eny harme happened vnto him? Oh no,
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16 His delite was in cursynge, and therfore shall it happe vnto him: he loued not blessynge, and that shall be farre fro him.
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16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.
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14 I am become as a man that heareth not, and that can make no resistaunce wt his mouth.
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27 Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, ad go aboute to ouerthrowe youre owne frende.
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39 Loke what was torne of beastes, I brought it not vnto ye, I was fayne to paie it my self: thou requyredest it of my hande, whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by night.