Job 29:13

Job's Final Defense

¹² This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. 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

A great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship Jehovah on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 16:11

Enjoy yourselves in the presence of Jehovah your God along with your sons, daughters, male and female slaves, the Levites who live in your cities, the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you. Enjoy yourselves at the place Jehovah your God will choose as a dwelling for his name.

Deuteronomy 24:13

Return the pledge to him before the sun goes down. He will have his pledged item and he may sleep. He will bless you. And it will be righteousness for you before Jehovah your God.

Deuteronomy 26:5

Answer before Jehovah your God: 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and traveled there. They were few in number but he became a great, mighty and populous nation.

Nehemiah 8:10-12

He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty-handed. You crush the arms of the orphans.

Job 31:19-20

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering,

Psalm 67:4

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy. For you will judge the peoples with uprightness, and govern the nations on earth.

Proverbs 31:6-9

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.

Isaiah 65:14

My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.

Acts 9:39-41

Peter went to them right a way. When he arrived they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.

2 Corinthians 9:12-14

This service not only takes care of the needs of the holy ones, but also abounds with many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

2 Timothy 1:16-18

The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains.