Job 31:21

American Standard Version (1901)

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

  • Job 31:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

    16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

    17Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

    18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

    19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

    20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

  • Job 29:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:

    12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

    13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

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    3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;

  • 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 14Thou hast seen [it] ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.

  • Job 31:25-29
    5 verses
    75%

    25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

    26If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

    28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

    29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • 7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

  • 16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

    39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

  • 25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

  • 9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

  • 15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • 7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • 10Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  • 2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • 4His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

  • 2Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

  • 9If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

  • 29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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    12Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

  • 11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

  • 27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

  • 10When my father and my mother forsake me, Then Jehovah will take me up.

  • Job 30:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

  • 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • 23If thou afflict them at all, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Ps 31:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Blessed be Jehovah; For he hath showed me his marvellous lovingkindness in a strong city.

    22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • 13Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • 41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

  • 3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

  • 5If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit

  • 7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • 39That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.