I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread. Cross References Hebrews 13:5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: "Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you." Job 4:7 Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed? Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off. Psalm 109:10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes. Proverbs 10:3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked. Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is passed to the righteous. Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. Treasury of Scripture I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. I have Psalm 71:9,18 Job 32:6,7 Acts 21:16 yet Psalm 37:28 Psalm 94:14 Joshua 1:5 nor his seed Psalm 25:13 Psalm 59:15 Psalm 109:10 |