Job 29:12
For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
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- Ps 72:12 : 12 For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.
- Prov 21:13 : 13 He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
- Exod 22:22-24 : 22 Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe. 23 If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry. 24 Then shal my wrath be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.
- Deut 10:18 : 18 Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, & loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment.
- Ps 68:5 : 5 He is a Father of the fatherlesse, & a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holy habitation.
- Ps 82:2-4 : 2 How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie. 4 Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.
- Neh 5:2-9 : 2 For there were that said, We, our sonnes & our daughters are many, therefore we take vp corne, that we may eate and liue. 3 And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine. 4 There were also that said, We haue borowed money for the Kings tribute vpon our landes and our vineyardes. 5 And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes. 6 Then was I very angrie when I heard their crie and these wordes. 7 And I thought in my minde, and I rebuked the princes, and the rulers, and saide vnto them, You lay burthens euery one vpon his brethren: and I set a great assemblie against them, 8 And I said vnto them, We (according to our abilitie) haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: and will you sell your brethren againe, or shall they be solde vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, and could not answere. 9 I said also, That which ye do, is not good. Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, for the reproche of the heathen our enemies? 10 For euen I, my brethren, and my seruants doe lende them money and corne: I pray you, let vs leaue off this burden. 11 Restore, I pray you, vnto them this day their landes, their vineyardes, their oliues, & their houses, and remit the hundreth part of the siluer and of the corne, of the wine, and of the oyle that ye exact of them. 12 Then said they, We will restore it, and will not require it of them: we will doe as thou hast said. Then I called the Priestes, and caused them to sweare, that they shoulde doe according to this promes. 13 So I shooke my lappe, and said, So let God shake out euery man that wil not perfourme this promise from his house, & from his labour: euen thus let him be shaken out, & emptied; all the Cogregation said, Amen, & praised the Lord: and the people did according to this promes.
- Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not thy wickednes great, and thine iniquities innumerable? 6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for nought, and spoyled the clothes of the naked. 7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie. 8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.
- Job 24:4 : 4 They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.
- Job 31:17 : 17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
- Job 31:21 : 21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
- Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine? 12 If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? And hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?
- Jer 22:16 : 16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
- Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure religion & vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.
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13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
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15 I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
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12 For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shalbe mercifull to the poore and needie, and shall preserue the soules of the poore.
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11 And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.
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25 Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore?
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21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
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16 If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
18 (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)
19 If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,
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9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.
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15 He deliuereth the poore in his affliction, & openeth their eare in trouble.
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14 Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
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3 Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.
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1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
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28 So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
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8 Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.
9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
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10 All my bones shall say, Lorde, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!
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13 Sing vnto the Lorde, praise ye the Lorde: for he hath deliuered the soule of the poore fro the hande of the wicked.
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11 Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.
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5 Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
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12 I know that the Lord will auenge the afflicted, and iudge the poore.
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6 This poore man cryed, and the Lord heard him, and saued him out of all his troubles.
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9 They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
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16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
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22 Because I am poore and needie, and mine heart is wounded within me.
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2 To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.
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15 But he saueth the poore from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hande of the violent man,
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6 The Lorde preserueth the simple: I was in miserie and he saued me.
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9 The Lord keepeth the strangers: he relieueth the fatherlesse & widowe: but he ouerthroweth the way of the wicked.
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22 Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet thou heardest the voyce of my prayer, when I cryed vnto thee.
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5 He is a Father of the fatherlesse, & a Iudge of the widowes, euen God in his holy habitation.
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5 And I looked, and there was none to helpe, and I wondered that there was none to vpholde: therefore mine owne arme helped me, and my wrath it selfe sustained me.
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1 A song of degrees. I called vnto the Lorde in my trouble, and hee heard me.
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11 Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.
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7 He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,
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7 Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.
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18 To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
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14 A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.
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16 Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.
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17 When the poore and the needy seeke water, & there is none (their tongue faileth for thirst: I the Lorde will heare them: I the God of Israel will not forsake them)
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2 Whom helpest thou? him that hath no power? sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?
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23 If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.
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16 Turne thy face vnto mee, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore.
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16 For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.