Job 30:25

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:13-14 : 13 When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food.(If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!) 14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the LORD’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
  • John 11:35 : 35 Jesus wept.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
  • Isa 58:7-8 : 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 8 Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the LORD’s splendor will be your rear guard.
  • 2 Cor 9:9 : 9 Just as it is written,“He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever.”
  • Job 24:4 : 4 They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.
  • Job 31:16-21 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow! 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, 21 if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.

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  • Ps 72:12-13
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    12For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

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  • Prov 21:13
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  • Job 31:21
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    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

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    7I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am.

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    4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

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    20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

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  • Jer 8:18
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    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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    31My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

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    25if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,