Job 31:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse: 11 For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Wo vnto them that imagine iniquitie, and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes: when the morning is light they practise it, because their hande hath power. 2 And they couet fieldes, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen man and his heritage.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:22
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    22Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone.

  • Job 31:16-20
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    16If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

    17If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof:

    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:

  • Job 29:11-13
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    78%

    11When the eare heard me, it blessed me: & when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me:

    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.

  • Ps 7:3
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    3O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes.

  • Job 22:9
    76%

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

  • Ps 10:14
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    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.

  • Job 31:25-29
    5 verses
    75%

    25Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much?

    26Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne? or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation?

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

    28(That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)

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

  • Job 31:7
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    7If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes:

  • Job 29:16
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    16I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.

  • Job 31:38-39
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    73%

    38But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt:

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

  • Job 30:25
    72%

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

  • Job 24:9
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    9They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore.

  • Ps 73:15
    72%

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

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    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.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

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

    14When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him?

  • Prov 23:10
    72%

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

  • Isa 10:2
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    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 5:4
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    4His children were without prosperitie, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to deliuer them.

  • Job 30:2
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    2For wherto might the strength of their handes haue serued me? for the time was but lost among them.

  • Job 31:9
    71%

    9If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore:

  • Gen 44:29
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    29And if ye take this also away from me, and destruction come vnto him, ye shall bryng my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.

  • 1 Sam 24:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me, & the Lorde auenge me of thee: but myne hande be not vpon thee.

    13According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, wickednesse proceedeth fro the wicked: But myne hande be not vpon thee.

  • Jer 49:11
    71%

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

  • Job 6:27
    70%

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

  • Ps 27:10
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    10For my father and mother forsoke me: and God did take me vp.

  • Job 30:12-13
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    70%

    12Upon my right hande ryse the young men against me, they haue hurt my feete, treading vpon me as vpon the wayes of their destruction.

    13My pathes haue they cleane marred, it was so easye for them to do me harme, that they needed no man to help them.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

  • Exod 22:23
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    23If ye shall euyll entreate them, and they crye out vnto me, I wyll surelye heare theyr crye.

  • Ps 31:21-22
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    21Blessed be God: for he hath shewed me marueylous great kindnes in a strong citie.

    22And when I fled with al haste, I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes: neuerthelesse, thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee.

  • Job 6:13
    70%

    13Is it not so that there is in me no helpe? & that my substaunce is taken from me?

  • Deut 32:41
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    41If I whet the edge of my sworde, and mine hande take holde to do iustice, I wyl recompence vengeaunce on mine enemies, and wyll rewarde them that hate me.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.

  • Job 31:5
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    5If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue:

  • Job 19:7
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    7If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.

  • Gen 31:39
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    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.