Job 29:12

New Century Version

because I saved the poor who called out and the orphan who had no one to help.

Cross References

Job 24:4

They push needy people off the path; all the poor of the land hide from them.

Job 24:9

The fatherless child is grabbed from its mother’s breast; they take a poor mother’s baby to pay for what she owes.

Job 30:25

I cried for those who were in trouble; I have been very sad for poor people.

Job 31:17

I have not kept my food to myself but have given it to the orphans.

Job 31:18

Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans. From my birth I guided the widows.

Job 31:21

I have never hurt an orphan even when I knew I could win in court.

Job 34:28

The cry of the poor comes to God; he hears the cry of the needy.

Psalm 68:5

God is in his holy Temple. He is a father to orphans, and he defends the widows.

Psalm 72:12

He will help the poor when they cry out and will save the needy when no one else will help.

Psalm 88:4

They think I am on the way to my grave. I am like a man with no strength.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever ignores the poor when they cry for help will also cry for help and not be answered.

Proverbs 31:8

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; defend the rights of all those who have nothing.

Jeremiah 22:16

He helped those who were poor and needy, so everything went well for him. That is what it means to know God,” says the Lord.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He helps orphans and widows, and he loves foreigners and gives them food and clothes.

James 1:27

Religion that God accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence.