Job 29:12 · KJV
“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.”
— Job 29:12
When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 29 — Context
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. {The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid}
11When the ear heard {me}, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw {me}, it gave witness to me:
12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and {him that had} none to help him.
13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment {was} as a robe and a diadem.
Cross References
Psalms 72:12
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and {him} that hath no helper.
Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Exodus 22:22-24
Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, {and} to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Psalms 82:2-4
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, {is} God in his holy habitation.
Proverbs 24:11-12
If thou forbear to deliver {them that are} drawn unto death, and {those that are} ready to be slain;
Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.