Bible Cross References
remembered
Job 29:2-25
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If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me.
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God was always with me then and gave me light as I walked through the darkness.
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Those were the days when I was prosperous, and the friendship of God protected my home.
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Almighty God was with me then, and I was surrounded by all my children.
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My cows and goats gave plenty of milk, and my olive trees grew in the rockiest soil.
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Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,
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young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me, and old men stood up to show me respect.
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The leaders of the people would stop talking;
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even the most important men kept silent.
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Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done.
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When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.
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People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.
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I have always acted justly and fairly.
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I was eyes for the blind, and feet for the lame.
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I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.
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I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
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I always expected to live a long life and to die at home in comfort.
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I was like a tree whose roots always have water and whose branches are wet with dew.
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Everyone was always praising me, and my strength never failed me.
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When I gave advice, people were silent and listened carefully to what I said;
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they had nothing to add when I had finished. My words sank in like drops of rain;
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everyone welcomed them just as farmers welcome rain in spring.
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I smiled on them when they had lost confidence; my cheerful face encouraged them.
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I took charge and made the decisions; I led them as a king leads his troops, and gave them comfort in their despair.
Job 30:1
But men younger than I am make fun of me now! Their fathers have always been so worthless that I wouldn't let them help my dogs guard sheep.
Psalm 42:4
My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God.
Psalm 77:3
When I think of God, I sigh; when I meditate, I feel discouraged.
Psalm 77:5-9
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I think of days gone by and remember years of long ago.
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I spend the night in deep thought; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself:
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"Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us?
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Has he stopped loving us? Does his promise no longer stand?
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Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has anger taken the place of his compassion?"
Hosea 2:7
She will run after her lovers but will not catch them. She will look for them but will not find them. Then she will say, "I am going back to my first husband---I was better off then than I am now."
Luke 15:17
At last he came to his senses and said, 'All my father's hired workers have more than they can eat, and here I am about to starve!
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.
all her
Deuteronomy 4:7
"No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the LORD our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.
Deuteronomy 4:8
No other nation, no matter how great, has laws so just as those that I have taught you today.
Deuteronomy 4:34-37
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Has any god ever dared to go and take a people from another nation and make them his own, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt? Before your very eyes he used his great power and strength; he brought plagues and war, worked miracles and wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen.
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The LORD has shown you this, to prove to you that he alone is God and that there is no other.
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He let you hear his voice from heaven so that he could instruct you; and here on earth he let you see his holy fire, and he spoke to you from it.
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Because he loved your ancestors, he chose you, and by his great power he himself brought you out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 8:7-9
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The LORD your God is bringing you into a fertile land---a land that has rivers and springs, and underground streams gushing out into the valleys and hills;
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a land that produces wheat and barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and honey.
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There you will never go hungry or ever be in need. Its rocks have iron in them, and from its hills you can mine copper.
Psalm 147:19
He gives his message to his people, his instructions and laws to Israel.
Psalm 147:20
He has not done this for other nations; they do not know his laws. Praise the LORD!
Isaiah 5:1-4
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Listen while I sing you this song, a song of my friend and his vineyard: My friend had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
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He dug the soil and cleared it of stones; he planted the finest vines. He built a tower to guard them, dug a pit for treading the grapes. He waited for the grapes to ripen, but every grape was sour.
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So now my friend says, "You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me.
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Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?
the adversaries
Lamentations 2:15
People passing by the city look at you in scorn. They shake their heads and laugh at Jerusalem's ruins: "Is this that lovely city? Is this the pride of the world?"
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies mock you and glare at you with hate. They curl their lips and sneer, "We have destroyed it! This is the day we have waited for!"
Psalm 79:4
The surrounding nations insult us; they laugh at us and mock us.
Psalm 137:3
Those who captured us told us to sing; they told us to entertain them: "Sing us a song about Zion."
Psalm 137:4
How can we sing a song to the LORD in a foreign land?
Micah 4:11
Many nations have gathered to attack you. They say, "Jerusalem must be destroyed! We will see this city in ruins!"