Job 31:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:6 : 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:4 : 4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Isa 58:7 : 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Matt 25:36 : 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Matt 25:43 : 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Luke 3:11 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
Acts 9:39 : 39 And Peter arose and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Jas 2:16 : 16 and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
1 John 3:18 : 18 [ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.
2 Chr 28:15 : 15 And the men that have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Job 31:20-22
3 verses
87%
20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
Job 31:16-18
3 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);
Job 30:25
75%
25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Job 29:11-16
6 verses
75%
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.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
16I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Ezek 18:16
74%
16neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Jas 2:15
74%
15If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,
Job 31:38-39
2 verses
74%
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:
Exod 22:27
74%
27for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Ezek 18:7
72%
7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Job 24:7-10
4 verses
72%
7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
10[ So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Gen 31:38-40
3 verses
72%
38These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
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.
40Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
Ps 37:25
72%
25I have been young, and now am old; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread.
Job 22:6
71%
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Prov 31:20-21
2 verses
71%
20She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
21She is not afraid of the snow for her household; For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Job 31:33
71%
33If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
Job 22:9
71%
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Isa 58:7
70%
7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Gen 44:28-29
2 verses
70%
28and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:
29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
Job 31:13
70%
13If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
Job 31:31
70%
31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
2 Sam 12:3
70%
3but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Job 31:29
70%
29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Matt 25:38
70%
38And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Job 31:26
69%
26If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
Isa 51:19
69%
19These two things are befallen thee, who shall bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort thee?
Job 3:16
69%
16Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
Ps 35:14
69%
14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.
Job 19:27
69%
27Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.
Joel 1:18
69%
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Prov 31:9
69%
9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.
Jer 49:11
69%
11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Ps 10:14
69%
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.
Prov 19:17
69%
17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.