Job 30:25

Job Says: I Am Being Punished By God

²⁴ Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity - for that very reason, is there an outcry for help. ²⁵ Verily I wept, for him whose lot was hard, Grieved was my soul, for the needy. ²⁶ Surely, for good, I looked, but there came in evil, And I waited for light, but there came in 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, with fasting, my soul, though, my prayer, unto mine own bosom, might return:

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with them that rejoice, weep with them that weep:

Jeremiah 13:17

But if ye will not hear it, In secret places, shall my soul weep Because of the pride, And mine eye, shall flow over, and run down with tears, Because captive hath been taken the flock of Yahweh.

Job 24:4

They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.

Job 31:16-21

If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

Psalm 12:1

O save Yahweh, for the man of lovingkindness, is no more, for the faithful, have vanished, from among the sons of men.

Proverbs 14:21

He that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, sinneth, but, he that sheweth favour to the afflicted, how happy is he!

Proverbs 14:31

The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.

Proverbs 17:5

He that mocketh the poor, hath reproached his Maker, He that maketh merry at distress, shall not be held innocent.

Proverbs 19:17

A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

Proverbs 28:8

He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.

Isaiah 58:7-8

Is it not to break unto the hungry, thy bread, And the thrust-out oppressed, that thou bring into a home, - When thou seest one naked, that thou cover him, And from thine own flesh, shalt not hide thyself?

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life, - Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let, my counsel, be pleasing unto thee, thy sin, then, - by righteousness, break thou off, and, thine iniquities, by shewing favour to the oppressed, - if so be it may become the lengthening out of thy security.

Luke 19:41

And, when he drew near, beholding the city, he wept over it, saying -

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

2 Corinthians 9:9

Even as it is written - He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy, - his righteousness, abideth to futurity.