Job 29:16

Job's Final Defense

¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
¹⁶ I was a father to the needy,
and I examined the case of the stranger.
¹⁷ I shattered the fangs of the unjust
and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Poor and Needy

Job

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,
but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.

Exodus 18:26

They judged the people at all times; they would bring the hard cases to Moses, but they would judge every minor case themselves.

Deuteronomy 13:14

you are to inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report turns out to be true that this detestable thing has happened among you,

Deuteronomy 17:8-10

“If a case is too difficult for you—concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults—cases disputed at your gates, you must go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.

1 Kings 3:16-28

Then two women who were prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.

Esther 2:7

Mordecai was the legal guardian of his cousin Hadassah (that is, Esther), because she didn’t have a father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was extremely good-looking. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter.

Job 24:4

They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

Job 31:18

for from my youth, I raised him as his father,
and since the day I was born I guided the widow—

Psalm 68:5

God in His holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.

Proverbs 25:2

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter
and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.