Job 31:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:13 : 13 But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.
  • Job 29:11 : 11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:15-19
    5 verses
    87%

    15Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

    16If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

    17If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

    18(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

    19If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

  • Job 31:21-22
    2 verses
    81%

    21If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

    22May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

  • Gen 31:38-40
    3 verses
    74%

    38These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

    39Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

    40This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

    38If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

    39If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;

  • Job 31:31
    71%

    31If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

  • Gen 31:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.

    9So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

  • Gen 30:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

    31And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

  • Job 31:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;

    26If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,

  • Job 29:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

    13The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

  • Gen 30:33
    70%

    33And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.

  • Gen 44:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

    30If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,

  • Prov 31:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

    21She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

  • Exod 22:27
    70%

    27For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.

  • Prov 27:26
    70%

    26The lambs are for your clothing, and the he-goats make the value of a field:

  • 2 Sam 12:3
    70%

    3But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

  • Job 30:1
    70%

    1But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

  • Job 31:13
    69%

    13If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

  • Gen 31:42
    69%

    42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.

  • Deut 28:4
    69%

    4A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

  • Prov 31:17
    69%

    17She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

  • Job 39:16
    69%

    16Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

  • Ezek 18:16
    69%

    16Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Prov 31:13
    69%

    13She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

  • Job 30:25
    69%

    25Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

  • Judg 6:37
    69%

    37See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.

  • Gen 31:28
    69%

    28You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

  • Prov 31:2
    69%

    2What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    69%

    16But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

  • Job 31:9
    69%

    9If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

  • Ps 23:1
    68%

    1<A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

  • Job 21:24
    68%

    24His buckets are full of milk, and there is no loss of strength in his bones.

  • Gen 30:39
    68%

    39And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

  • Jer 20:17
    68%

    17Because he did not put me to death before my birth took place: so my mother's body would have been my last resting-place, and she would have been with child for ever.

  • Job 27:14
    68%

    14If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.