Proverbs 25:20
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20 Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
And like vinegar on soda,
Is one who (A)sings songs to a heavy heart.
Romans 12:15
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15 (A)Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
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4 A time to (A)weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
James 2:15-16
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15 (A)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and (B)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
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Daniel 6:18
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Daniel Saved from the Lions
18 Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no [a]musicians were brought before him. (A)Also his sleep [b]went from him.
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- Daniel 6:18 Exact meaning unknown
- Daniel 6:18 Or fled
Isaiah 58:7
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7 Is it not (A)to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are [a]cast out;
(B)When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from (C)your own flesh?
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- Isaiah 58:7 wandering
Proverbs 10:26
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26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
So is the lazy man to those who send him.
Psalm 137:3-4
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3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who (A)plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
4 How shall we sing the Lord’s song
In a foreign land?
Job 24:7-10
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7 They (A)spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And (B)huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
10 They cause the poor to go naked, without (C)clothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
Deuteronomy 24:12-17
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12 And if the man is poor, you shall not [a]keep his pledge overnight. 13 (A)You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and (B)bless you; and (C)it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
14 “You shall not (D)oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether one of your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within your gates. 15 Each day (E)you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; (F)lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.
16 (G)“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 (H)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, (I)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
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- Deuteronomy 24:12 Lit. sleep with his pledge
James 5:15
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15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. (A)And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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