Job 29:11-13

Job's Summary Defense

¹¹ When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
¹² because I _k delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
¹³ _l The blessing of him who was _m about to perish came upon me,
and I caused _n the widow's heart to sing for joy.

1. Cross References
   Psalms 72:12
   For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper.
   
2. Cross References
   Job 31:20
   If his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 31:6
   Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress.
   Isaiah 27:13
   And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
   
4. Cross References
   Ruth 2:20
   And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.