Job 31:18

The Scriptures 2009

but from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided her –

Cross References

2 Kings 14:9

And Yeho’ash sovereign of Yisra’ĕl sent to Amatsyahu sovereign of Yehuḏah, saying, “The thistle that was in Leḇanon sent to the cedar that was in Leḇanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ And a wild beast that was in Leḇanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

Esther 2:7

And it came to be that he was raising Haḏassah, that is Estĕr, his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was beautiful and of good appearance. And when her father and mother died, Mordeḵai took her as his own daughter.

Job 22:9

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless are crushed.

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out, and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the case which I did not know.

Job 31:17

or eaten my piece of bread by myself, and the fatherless did not eat of it –

Job 31:19

if I have seen anyone perish for lack of garments, or a poor one without covering;

Isaiah 58:7

“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, and cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?