Job 31:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof:

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  • Deut 15:11 : 11 The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 But shalt geue hym of thy sheepe, of thy corne, and of thy wine, and geue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee.
  • Neh 8:10 : 10 And he saide vnto them: Go your way, and eate the fat, and drinke the sweete, and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues, for this day is holy vnto our Lorde: be not ye sory therefore, for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength.
  • Job 22:7 : 7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
  • Job 29:12-16 : 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym. 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce. 14 And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne. 15 I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 Neither hath oppressed any man, but hath restored to the detter his pledge: he that hath not spoyled any by violence, hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath clothed the naked:
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence: but hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment:
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 But rather geue almes of those thynges which are within, and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you.
  • John 13:29 : 29 Some of the thought, because Iudas had the bagge, that Iesus had sayde vnto hym, bye those thynges that we haue neede of agaynst the feast: or, that he shoulde geue somethyng to ye poore.
  • Acts 4:32 : 32 And the multitude of them that beleued, were of one heart, and of one soule: Neither sayde any of them, that ought of ye thynges which he possessed, was his owne: but they had all thinges common.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Distributyng to ye necessitie of saintes, geuen to hospitalitie.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:16
    84%

    16If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

  • Job 31:18-22
    5 verses
    80%

    18(For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the wydowe)

    19If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment:

    20If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:

    21If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate:

    22Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone.

  • Job 29:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym.

    13The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.

  • Job 22:9
    76%

    9Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken.

  • Job 31:39
    75%

    39If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof:

  • Job 29:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

    17I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and pluckt the spoyle out of his teeth.

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore.

    10They let hym go naked without clothing, and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie.

  • Lam 5:3
    73%

    3We are become carefull and fatherlesse, and our mothers are as the wydowes.

  • Jer 49:11
    72%

    11Thou shalt leaue thy fatherlesse chyldren behynde thee, and I wyll kepe them, and thy wydowes shal take their comfort in me.

  • Ezek 18:16
    72%

    16Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence: but hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment:

  • Ps 37:25
    72%

    25I haue ben a young chylde, and nowe I am olde: and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor his seede begyng bread.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

  • Ezek 22:7
    71%

    7In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse.

  • Ps 10:14
    71%

    14Surely thou hast seene this for thou beholdest labour and spite: that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands, he that is weake leaueth it for thee, for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.

  • Isa 10:2
    71%

    2Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende.

  • Exod 22:22
    71%

    22Ye shall trouble no wydowe nor fatherlesse chylde.

  • Job 31:29-31
    3 verses
    70%

    29Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? Oh, no.

    30I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse to his soule.

    31Dyd not the men of myne owne housholde say, Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe?

  • Job 31:8
    70%

    8Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out.

  • Job 30:25
    70%

    25Dyd not I weepe with hym that was in trouble? Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore?

  • Ezek 18:7
    70%

    7Neither hath oppressed any man, but hath restored to the detter his pledge: he that hath not spoyled any by violence, hath geuen his bread to the hungry, and hath clothed the naked:

  • Prov 23:10
    70%

    10Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse:

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.

  • Prov 4:3
    69%

    3For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother:

  • Deut 24:17
    69%

    17Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

  • Lev 22:13
    69%

    13Notwithstanding, if ye priestes daughter be a wydowe or deuorsed, and haue no chylde, but is returned vnto her fathers house agayne, she shall eate of her fathers meate, aswell as she dyd it in her youth: But there shall no straunger eate therof.

  • Prov 30:9
    69%

    9Lest peraduenture I beyng full, shoulde denie thee, and say, who is the Lorde? or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng, and forswere the name of my God.

  • Deut 26:14
    69%

    14I haue not eaten therof in my mournyng, nor suffred ought to perishe thorowe vnclennesse, nor geuen ought therof for the dead: but haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde my God, and haue done after all that thou hast commaunded me.

  • Job 24:3
    69%

    3They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge:

  • Lam 4:4
    69%

    4The tongues of the sucking chyldren cleaue to the roofe of their mouthes for very thyrst: the young chyldren aske bread, but there is no man that geueth it them.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
    68%

    3But the poore had nothing saue one litle sheepe, which he had bought and nouryshed vp: And it grew vp with him and with his children also, and did eate of his owne meate, and drancke of his owne cuppe, & slept in his bosome, and was vnto him as his daughter.

  • Ps 27:10
    68%

    10For my father and mother forsoke me: and God did take me vp.

  • Job 31:27
    68%

    27Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

  • Gen 31:38-39
    2 verses
    68%

    38Behold, this twentie yere haue I ben with thee, thy sheepe and thy goates haue not ben barren, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

    39Whatsoeuer was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of my hande diddest thou require it that was stolen by day or nyght.

  • Ps 14:4
    68%

    4Do not all the workers of iniquitie know, deuouryng my people as though they deuoured bread: that they call not vpon God?

  • Job 31:13
    68%

    13If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me:

  • Job 6:7
    68%

    7The thinges that sometime I might not away withel, are nowe my meate for very sorowe.

  • Ps 10:18
    68%

    18Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare, to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed: so no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence.

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children.

  • Ps 102:9
    68%

    9For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread, and mingled my drynke with weepyng,