Job 29:13-18

Job's Summary Defense

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.
¹⁴ I _o put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and _p a turban.
¹⁵ I was _q eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
¹⁶ I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out _r the cause of him whom I did not know.
¹⁷ I _s broke _t the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
¹⁸ _u Then I thought, 'I shall die in my _v nest,
and I shall multiply my days as _w the sand,

1. Cross References
   Job 31:20
   If his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep.
   
2. 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.
   
3. 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.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 132:9
   Let your priests be clothed with righteousness,...
   Isaiah 59:17
   He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a...
   Isaiah 61:10
   I will greatly rejoice in the Lord ; my soul sh...
   Isaiah 11:5
   Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, a...
   Ephesians 6:14
   Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of...
   1 Thessalonians 5:8
   But since we belong to the day, let us be sober...
   
5. Cross References
   Isaiah 62:3
   You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
   Zechariah 3:5
   And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.
   Job 19:9
   He has stripped from me my glory and taken the crown from my head.
   
6. Cross References
   Numbers 10:31
   And he said, "Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.
   
7. Cross References
   Proverbs 29:7
   A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.
   
8. Cross References
   Psalms 3:7
   Arise, O Lord! Save me, O my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek; you break the teeth of the wicked.
   
9. Cross References
   Psalms 58:6
   O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
   Proverbs 30:14
   There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind.
   
10. Cross References
    Psalms 30:6
    As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved.
    
11. Cross References
    Numbers 24:21
    And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said, "Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock.
    Job 39:27
    Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up and makes his nest on high?
    
12. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.