Verse 16

If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym, and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath. 9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee: 10 Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to.
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sonnes and thy daughters shall be geuen vnto another nation, and thine eyes shall see it, and dase vpon them all the day long: and there shalbe no might in thyne hande.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped.
  • Job 20:19 : 19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them.
  • Job 22:7-9 : 7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie. 8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weery of crying, my throte is drye: my syght fayleth me through the long attendaunce that I haue geuen vpon my Lorde.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath distributed abrode, he hath geuen to the poore: his righteousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted with glory.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde: whylest I say, when wilt thou comfort me.
  • Ps 119:123 : 123 Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation: and for the worde of thy ryghteousnesse.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde sayde my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good.
  • Luke 16:21 : 21 And desiring to be refresshed with the crumbes which fell from ye riche mans boorde And no man gaue vnto hym: but the dogges came and licked his sores.
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 Then the disciples, euery man accordyng to his abilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie.
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same.