Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

The blessing

Deuteronomy 24:13
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
Acts 9:39
So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
2 Corinthians 9:12
For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many acts of thanksgiving to God.
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

Ready

Job 31:19
if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing
or a needy person without a cloak,
Deuteronomy 26:5
You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:

My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt with a few people and lived there. There he became a great, powerful, and populous nation.
Proverbs 31:6
Give beer to one who is dying
and wine to one whose life is bitter.
Isaiah 27:13
On that day
a great trumpet will be blown,
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.

I caused

Deuteronomy 16:11
Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.”
Philemon 1:7
For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

Sing

Psalm 67:4
Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for You judge the peoples with fairness
and lead the nations on earth.Selah
Isaiah 65:14
My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart,
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.

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