Job 29:25

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Job 29:23–25 · Berean Standard Bible

23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.

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Genesis 41:40

You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Judges 11:8

They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”

2 Samuel 5:2

Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

1 Chronicles 13:1

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

1 Chronicles 13:2

And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

1 Chronicles 13:3

Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”

1 Chronicles 13:4

And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.

Genesis 14:14

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 14:15

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Genesis 14:16

He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.

Genesis 14:17

After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

Deuteronomy 33:5

So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

Job 4:3

Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

Job 4:4

Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

Isaiah 35:4

Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

Isaiah 61:2

to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Isaiah 61:3

to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

2 Corinthians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

2 Corinthians 7:5

For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

2 Corinthians 7:7

and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

1 Thessalonians 3:2

We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.