Psalm 107:41
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41 but he raises up the needy out of distress
and makes their families like flocks.(A)
Job 21:11
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11 They send out their little ones like a flock,
and their children dance around.
1 Samuel 2:8
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8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.(A)
Isaiah 49:20-22
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20 The children born in the time of your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing:
“The place is too crowded for me;
make room for me to settle.”(A)
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?”(B)
22 Thus says the Lord God:
I will soon lift up my hand to the nations
and raise my signal to the peoples,
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.(C)
Psalm 78:52
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52 Then he led out his people like sheep
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.(A)
Job 5:11
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11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.(A)
Esther 8:15-17
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15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king, wearing royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a mantle of fine linen and purple, while the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.(A) 16 For the Jews there was light and gladness, joy and honor. 17 In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict came, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a festival and a holiday. Furthermore, many of the peoples of the country professed to be Jews because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.(B)
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James 5:11
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11 Indeed, we call blessed those who showed endurance. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the outcome that the Lord brought about, for the Lord is compassionate and merciful.(A)
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Jeremiah 52:31-34
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Jehoiachin Favored in Captivity
31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, showed favor to King Jehoiachin of Judah and brought him out of prison;(A) 32 he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes, and every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table.(B) 34 For his allowance, a regular daily allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, as long as he lived, up to the day of his death.(C)
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Proverbs 17:6
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6 Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their parents.(A)
Psalm 113:7-9
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7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
9 He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!(A)
Job 42:16
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16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and his children’s children, four generations.(A)
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Job 42:10-12
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Job’s Fortunes Are Restored Twofold
10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.(A) 11 Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money[a] and a gold ring.(B) 12 The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.(C)
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Job 11:15-19
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15 Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.(A)
16 You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.(B)
17 And your life will be brighter than the noonday;
its darkness will be like the morning.(C)
18 And you will have confidence because there is hope;
you will be protected[a] and take your rest in safety.(D)
19 You will lie down, and no one will make you afraid;
many will entreat your favor.
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- 11.18 Or you will look around
Job 8:7
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7 Though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.(A)
1 Samuel 2:21
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21 And[a] the Lord took note of Hannah; she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the Lord.(A)
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Ruth 4:14-17
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14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin,[a] and may his name be renowned in Israel!(A) 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.”(B) 16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse. 17 The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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- 4.14 Or one with the right to redeem
Genesis 48:11
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11 Israel said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see your face, and here God has let me see your children also.”(A)
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Genesis 23:5-7
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5 The Hittites answered Abraham, 6 “Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our burial places; none of us will withhold from you any burial ground for burying your dead.”(A) 7 Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.
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Psalm 128:6
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6 May you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel!(A)
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