Job 29:13

Job's Final Defense

¹² because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. ¹³ “The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

Sing for Joy

Job

Isaiah 27:13

And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 16:11

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.

Deuteronomy 24:13

You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 26:5

"And you shall make response before the LORD your God, 'A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

Nehemiah 8:10-12

Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless were crushed.

Job 31:19-20

if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,

Psalm 67:4

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah

Proverbs 31:6-9

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;

Isaiah 65:14

behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit.

Acts 9:39-41

So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

2 Corinthians 9:12-14

For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

2 Timothy 1:16-18

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,