15 And when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in his place. In his time, the highways were troubled, and I could no longer go into Media. (WEB) 16 In the days of Enemessar, I did many alms deeds to my kindred: I gave my bread to the hungry, (WEB) 17 and my garments to the naked. If I saw any of my race dead, and thrown out on the wall of Ninevah, I buried him. (WEB)
Tobit 1:15–17
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Job 29:15–17
15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. 17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
Tobit 1:9–11
9 When I became a man, I took as wife Anna of the seed of our own family. With her, I became the father of Tobias. (WEB) 10 When I was carried away captive to Nineveh, all my kindred and my relatives ate of the bread of the Gentiles; (WEB) 11 but I kept myself from eating, (WEB)
Testament of Issachar 1:30–32
30 And the Lord increased ten thousandfold His benefits in my hands; and also Jacob, my father, knew that God aided my singleness. (T12) 31 For on all the poor and oppressed I bestowed the good things of the earth in the singleness of my heart. (T12) 32 And now, hearken to me, my c… (T12)
Job 31:18–20
18 though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow— 19 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, 20 if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
Zechariah 8:9–11
9 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts. 10 For before those days neither man nor bea…
Testament of Issachar 2:11–13
11 If any man were in distress I joined my sighs with his, (T12) 12 And I shared my bread with the poor. (T12) 13 I wrought godliness, all my days I kept truth. (T12)
Testament of Issachar 1:25–27
25 And my father blessed me, for he saw that I walked in rectitude before him. (T12) 26 And I was not a busybody in my doings, nor envious and malicious against my neighbour. (T12) 27 I never slandered any one, nor did I censure the life of any man, walking as I did in singleness o… (T12)
Job 22:6–8
6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. 7 You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished, 8 while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
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