Job 30:25

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?

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  • Ps 35:13-14 : 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
  • John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 ¶ He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 ¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 ¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 ¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  • Isa 58:7-8 : 7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 ¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
  • 2 Cor 9:9 : 9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
  • Job 24:4 : 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
  • Job 31:16-21 : 16 ¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 29:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

    13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

  • 24Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

  • 16I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.

  • 26When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

  • 16¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

  • 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  • 19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

  • Ps 35:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.

    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: [yea], the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; they did tear [me], and ceased not:

  • 22For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

  • 16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.

  • 12¶ [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.

  • 9¶ Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.

  • 28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, [and] I cried in the congregation.

  • 1¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

  • 16For these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

  • 20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  • 16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

  • 16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.

  • 1¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.

  • Ps 72:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.

    13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.

  • 13¶ Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • 21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

  • 11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

  • 9Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

  • 7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • 7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • 15¶ He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

  • 25For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

  • 4¶ I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

  • 20¶ Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter [in] soul;

  • 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

  • 20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].

  • 4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

  • 4As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

  • 18[When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.

  • 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • 24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

  • 20My friends scorn me: [but] mine eye poureth out [tears] unto God.

  • 16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;

  • Lam 1:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20Behold, O LORD; for I [am] in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home [there is] as death.

    21They have heard that I sigh: [there is] none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done [it]: thou wilt bring the day [that] thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  • 7¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

  • 13[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • 31My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

  • 16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

  • 25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;