Job 29:16
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 29
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”Job 29:16
What Does Job 29:16 Mean?
Job 29:16 is found in the book of Job, chapter 29, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 29:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 29:7“The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.”Proverbs 25:2“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”Psalms 82:4“Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”Psalms 68:5“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Genesis 45:8“So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”Exodus 18:21“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”Esther 2:7“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.”Job 24:4“They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.”Job 31:18“(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)”Proverbs 18:13“He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.”Genesis 39:19“And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.”Exodus 18:26“And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.”Deuteronomy 13:14“Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;”Deuteronomy 17:8“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”Judges 17:10“And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.”2 Samuel 14:8“And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.”1 Kings 3:16“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”Ezra 6:1“Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.”Ezra 10:16“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”Proverbs 24:25“But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.”
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