Job 30:25

Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God

²⁴ But he will not stretch out his hand against the grave; do those who are buried cry out when he destroys them? ²⁵ “Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
²⁶ When I expected good, then evil came unto me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Poor and Needy

Time of Trouble

Deeply Grieved

Job

Lot

Psalm 35:13-14

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer rose up in my bosom.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those that rejoice and weep with those that weep.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if ye will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret because of your pride; and weeping bitterly, my eyes shall be undone in tears because the LORD's flock was carried away captive.

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way; and all the poor of the earth hide themselves from them.

Job 31:16-21

If I have disturbed the desire of the poor or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Psalm 12:1

Help, LORD; for the merciful man ceases, for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Proverbs 14:21

The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

Proverbs 17:5

Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he that is glad regarding the calamity of someone else shall not go unpunished.

Proverbs 19:17

He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

Proverbs 28:8

He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Isaiah 58:7-8

Is it not to share thy bread with the hungry and that thou bring the poor that are cast out into thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou not hide thyself from thy brother?

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.

Luke 19:41

And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it,

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

2 Corinthians 9:9

As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains for ever.