Isaiah 51:18
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18 There is no one to guide her
among all the children she has borne;
there is no one to take her by the hand
among all the children she has brought up.(A)
Isaiah 49:21
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21 Then you will say in your heart,
“Who has borne me these?
I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and put away—
so who has reared these?
I was left all alone—
where, then, have these come from?”(A)
Psalm 88:18
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18 You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me;
my companions are in darkness.(A)
Psalm 142:4
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4 Look on my right hand and see:
there is no one who takes notice of me;
no refuge remains to me;
no one cares for me.(A)
Hebrews 8:9
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9 not like the covenant that I made with their ancestors
on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt,
for they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I had no concern for them, says the Lord.
Acts 13:11
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11 And now listen—the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind for a while, unable to see the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he fumbled about for someone to lead him by the hand.(A)
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Acts 9:8
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8 Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing;[a] so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
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Mark 8:23
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23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you see anything?”(A)
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Matthew 15:14
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14 Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.[a] And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”(A)
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Matthew 9:36
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:32
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32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 45:1
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Cyrus, God’s Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their robes,
to open doors before him—
and the gates shall not be closed:(A)
Isaiah 41:13
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13 For I, the Lord your God,
hold your right hand;
it is I who say to you, “Do not fear,
I will help you.”(A)
Isaiah 3:4-8
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4 And I will make youths their princes,
and children shall rule over them.(A)
5 The people will be oppressed,
everyone by another
and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
and the base to the honorable.(B)
6 Someone will seize a relative,
a member of the clan, saying,
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule.”(C)
7 But the other will cry out on that day, saying,
“I will not be a healer;
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”(D)
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
defying his glorious presence.(E)
Job 8:20
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20 “See, God will not reject the blameless,
nor take the hand of evildoers.(A)
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