Job 30:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?”
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“Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 30:25 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
- Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
- Psalms 12:1Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- Psalms 35:13Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Proverbs 14:21He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Jeremiah 13:17But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Romans 12:15Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.”
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