Job 31:16
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16 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired
or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail(A)
Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like a swallow or a crane[a] I clamor;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!(A)
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- 38.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Galatians 2:10
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10 They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was[a] eager to do.(A)
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- 2.10 Or had been
Acts 11:29
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29 The disciples determined that, according to their ability, each would send relief to the brothers and sisters living in Judea;(A)
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Luke 16:21
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21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
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Lamentations 4:17
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17 Our eyes failed, ever watching
vainly for help;
we were watching eagerly
for a nation that could not save.(A)
Psalm 119:123
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123 My eyes fail from watching for your salvation
and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.(A)
Psalm 119:82
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82 My eyes fail with watching for your promise;
I ask, “When will you comfort me?”(A)
Psalm 112:9
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9 They have distributed freely; they have given to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever;
their horn is exalted in honor.(A)
Psalm 69:3
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3 I am weary with my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.(A)
Job 22:7-9
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7 You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.(A)
8 The powerful possess the land,
and the favored live in it.
9 You have sent widows away empty-handed,
and the arms of the orphans you have crushed.[a](B)
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- 22.9 Gk Syr Tg Vg: Heb were crushed
Job 20:19
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19 For they have crushed and abandoned the poor;
they have seized a house that they did not build.(A)
Job 5:16
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16 So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.(A)
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