Job 29:13-18, 31:16-20, Pro 28:27, Isa 32:8, 58:7-11, Mat 5:7, 25:34-35 | ESV | STEP | The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy .

ag[See ver. 8 above]

ah Jer. 31:12

ai ch. 18:33; 25:34-36; Prov. 19:17; Luke 6:36; 2 Tim. 1:16; Heb. 6:10

aj ver. 40; Luke 19:38; Rev. 17:14; 19:16; [Isa. 6:5]

ak 1 Kgs. 2:19; Ps. 45:9; 110:1

al[Ps. 37:22; Isa. 65:23; Eph. 1:3]

am ch. 19:29; Rev. 21:7

an Luke 12:32; 22:29

ao ch. 20:23; [1 Cor. 2:9; Heb. 11:16]

apSee ch. 13:35

aq Isa. 58:7; Ezek. 18:7, 16; [James 2:15, 16]

ar ch. 10:42

as Job 31:32; Rom. 12:13; Heb. 13:1, 2; 3 John 5

Job 29:13-18

13 ^aThe blessing of him who was ^babout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^cthe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^dput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ^ea turban.
15 I was ^feyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ^gthe cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I ^hbroke ⁱthe fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18 ^jThen I thought, ‘I shall die in my ^knest,
and I shall multiply my days as ^lthe sand,

Job 31:16-20

16 “If I have ^mwithheld anything that the poor desired,
or have ⁿcaused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless ^{▼▼Hebrew he} grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow ^{▼▼Hebrew her}),
19 if I have seen anyone ^qperish for ^rlack of clothing,
or the needy without ^scovering,
20 if his body has not ^tblessed me, ^{▼▼Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me}
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

Proverbs 28:27

27 Whoever ^vgives to the poor will not want,
but he who ^whides his eyes will get many a curse.

Isaiah 32:8

8 But he who is noble plans noble things,
and on noble things he stands.

Isaiah 58:7-11

7 Is it not ^xto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^yand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 ^zThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
^aaand your healing shall spring up speedily;
^abyour righteousness shall go before you;
^acthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away ^adthe yoke from your midst,
^aethe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 ^afif you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
^agthen shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
11 And the Lord will guide you continually
and satisfy your desire in scorched places
and make your bones strong;
and you shall be ^ahlike a watered garden,
like a spring of water,
whose waters do not fail.

Matthew 5:7

7 “Blessed are ^aithe merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Matthew 25:34-35

34 Then ^ajthe King will say to ^akthose on his right, ‘Come, you ^alwho are blessed by my Father, ^aminherit ^anthe kingdom ^aoprepared for you ^apfrom the foundation of the world. 35 For ^aqI was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you ^argave me drink, ^asI was a stranger and you welcomed me,