Verse 16

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him; 8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of. 9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you. 10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.
  • Job 20:19 : 19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
  • Job 22:7-9 : 7 You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread. 8 For it was the man with power who had the land, and the man with an honoured name who was living in it. 9 You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
  • Ps 119:123 : 123 My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
  • Luke 16:21 : 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 And the disciples, everyone as he was able, made a decision to send help to the brothers living in Judaea:
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.