Job 29:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 72:12 : 12 For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
  • Exod 22:22-24 : 22 “You must not afflict any widow or orphan. 23 If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry, 24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
  • Deut 10:18 : 18 who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
  • Ps 68:5 : 5 He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place.
  • Ps 82:2-4 : 2 He says,“How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked?(Selah) 3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering! 4 Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
  • Neh 5:2-9 : 2 There were those who said,“With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.” 3 There were others who said,“We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.” 4 Then there were those who said,“We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards. 5 And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.” 6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. 7 I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them,“Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!” Because of them I called for a great public assembly. 8 I said to them,“To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!” They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say. 9 Then I said,“The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies? 10 Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! 11 This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil.” 12 They replied,“We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised. 13 I also shook out my garment, and I said,“In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied,“So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.
  • Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity? 6 “For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked. 7 You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food. 8 Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it, 9 you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.
  • Job 24:4 : 4 They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.
  • Job 31:17 : 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans–
  • Job 31:21 : 21 if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
  • Prov 24:11-12 : 11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. 12 If you say,“But we did not know about this,” won’t the one who evaluates hearts discern it? Won’t the one who guards your life realize and repay each person according to his deeds?
  • Jer 22:16 : 16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 29:13
    86%

    13the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

  • Job 29:15-17
    3 verses
    84%

    15I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;

    16I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

    17I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

  • Ps 72:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

    13He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

  • Job 29:11
    79%

    11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

  • Job 30:25
    78%

    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Job 31:21
    78%

    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

  • Job 31:16-19
    4 verses
    77%

    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

    17If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans–

    18but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!

    19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

  • Job 22:9
    77%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Job 36:15
    76%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Ps 10:14
    76%

    14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

    4Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

  • Ps 41:1
    75%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Job 34:28
    74%

    28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

  • Prov 31:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

    9Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Ps 35:10
    74%

    10With all my strength I will say,“O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.”

  • Jer 20:13
    74%

    13Sing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers.

  • Jer 49:11
    73%

    11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • Ps 12:5
    73%

    5“Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action,” says the LORD.“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”

  • Ps 140:12
    73%

    12I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

  • Ps 34:6
    73%

    6This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

  • Jer 22:16
    72%

    16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’

  • Ps 109:22
    72%

    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Job 5:15
    72%

    15So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful.

  • Ps 116:6
    71%

    6The LORD protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.

  • Ps 146:9
    71%

    9The LORD protects the resident foreigner; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked.

  • Ps 31:22
    71%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 68:5
    71%

    5He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy dwelling place.

  • Isa 63:5
    71%

    5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

  • Ps 120:1
    71%

    1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me.

  • Ps 22:11
    70%

    11Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.

  • Ps 113:7
    70%

    7He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

  • Job 19:7
    70%

    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Ps 10:18
    70%

    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Prov 29:14
    70%

    14If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever.

  • Ps 109:16
    70%

    16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

  • Isa 41:17
    70%

    17The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.

  • Job 26:2
    70%

    2“How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength!

  • Exod 22:23
    70%

    23If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry,

  • Ps 25:16
    70%

    16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    70%

    16Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’