Job 31:16
If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
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- Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath. 9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee: 10 Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.
- Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sonnes & thy daughters shalbe giuen vnto another people, and thine eyes shal still looke for them, euen till they fall out, and there shalbe no power in thine hand.
- Job 5:16 : 16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
- Job 20:19 : 19 For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
- Job 22:7-9 : 7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie. 8 But the mightie man had the earth, and he that was in autoritie, dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.
- Ps 69:3 : 3 I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite for my God.
- Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath distributed and giuen to ye poore: his righteousnesse remaineth for euer: his horne shalbe exalted with glory.
- Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes faile for thy promes, saying, when wilt thou comfort me?
- Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes haue failed in waiting for thy saluation, and for thy iust promes.
- Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me.
- Lam 4:17 : 17 Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.
- Luke 16:21 : 21 And desired to bee refreshed with the crommes that fell from the riche mans table: yea, and the dogges came and licked his sores.
- Acts 11:29 : 29 Then the disciples, euery man according to his habilitie, purposed to sende succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea.
- Gal 2:10 : 10 Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe.
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- Job 31:17-226 verses84%
17 Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
18 (For from my youth hee hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue bene a guide vnto her)
19 If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,
20 If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe,
21 If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
22 Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, & mine arme be broken from the bone.
- Job 29:12-132 verses77%
12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce.
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9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.
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25 Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore?
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2 To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.
- Job 31:13-153 verses76%
13 If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
14 What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere?
15 He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
- Job 31:38-392 verses75%
38 If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
39 If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,
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16 I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
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21 He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.
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11 Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.
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7 To such as were wearie, thou hast not giuen water to drinke, and hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.
- Job 31:7-93 verses72%
7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,
8 Let me sowe, & let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.
9 If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour,
- Job 31:24-252 verses72%
24 If I made gold mine hope, or haue sayd to the wedge of golde, Thou art my confidence,
25 If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
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10 Because it shut not vp the dores of my mothers wombe: nor hid sorowe from mine eyes.
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16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
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31 He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.
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16 So that the poore hath his hope, but iniquitie shall stop her mouth.
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9 Least I be full, & denie thee, and say, Who is the Lorde? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.
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9 Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.
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16 Or why was I not hid, as an vntimely birth, either as infants, which haue not seene the light?
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9 They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
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18 Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!
- Job 31:29-302 verses71%
29 If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
30 Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
- Exod 22:22-232 verses71%
22 Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe.
23 If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.
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3 We are fatherles, euen without father, and our mothers are as widowes.
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9 Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lorde: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.
- Job 31:1-22 verses71%
1 I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?
2 For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
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13 Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?
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27 If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
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16 If any faithfull man, or faithfull woman haue widowes, let them minister vnto them, and let not the Church bee charged, that there may bee sufficient for them that are widowes in deede.
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3 They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
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16 When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?
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15 If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.
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14 Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
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27 He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.