Job 31:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse. 11 For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
  • 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 fields, 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 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:22
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    22Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, & mine arme be broken from the bone.

  • Job 31:16-20
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    81%

    16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,

    17Or 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)

    19If I haue seene any perish for want of clothing, or any poore without couering,

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

  • Job 29:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11And when the eare heard me, it blessed me: and when the eye sawe me, it gaue witnesse to me.

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

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

  • Ps 7:3
    76%

    3O Lorde my God, if I haue done this thing, if there be any wickednes in mine handes,

  • Job 22:9
    76%

    9Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, & the armes of the fatherles were broken.

  • Ps 10:14
    75%

    14Yet 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.

  • Job 31:25-29
    5 verses
    75%

    25If I reioyced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,

    26If I did behold the sunne, when it shined, or the moone, walking in her brightnes,

    27If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,

    28(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)

    29If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,

  • Job 31:7
    74%

    7If 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,

  • Job 29:16
    74%

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

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,

    39If I haue eaten the fruites thereof without siluer: or if I haue grieued the soules of the masters thereof,

  • Job 30:25
    72%

    25Did not I weepe with him that was in trouble? was not my soule in heauinesse for the poore?

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.

  • Ps 73:15
    72%

    15If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,

    14What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere?

  • Prov 23:10
    72%

    10Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2To 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 5:4
    71%

    4His children shalbe farre from saluation, and they shall be destroyed in the gate, & none shall deliuer them.

  • Job 30:2
    71%

    2For whereto shoulde the strength of their handes haue serued mee, seeing age perished in them?

  • Job 31:9
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    9If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour,

  • Gen 44:29
    71%

    29Nowe yee take this also away from me: if death take him, then yee shall bring my graye head in sorowe to the graue.

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

    12(24:13) The Lord be iudge betweene thee and me, and the Lord auenge me of thee, & let not mine hand be vpon thee.

    13(24:14) According as the olde prouerbe sayeth, Wickednesse proceedeth from the wicked, but mine hand be not vpon thee.

  • Jer 49:11
    71%

    11Leaue thy fathers children, and I will preserue them aliue, and let thy widowes trust in me.

  • Job 6:27
    70%

    27Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.

  • Ps 27:10
    70%

    10Though my father and my mother shoulde forsake me, yet the Lorde will gather me vp.

  • Job 30:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12The youth rise vp at my right hand: they haue pusht my feete, and haue trode on me as on the paths of their destruction.

    13They haue destroyed my paths: they tooke pleasure at my calamitie, they had none helpe.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

  • Exod 22:23
    70%

    23If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.

  • Ps 31:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Blessed be the Lorde: for hee hath shewed his marueilous kindenesse toward me in a strong citie.

    22Though I said in mine haste, I am cast out of thy sight, yet 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? and that strength is taken from me?

  • Deut 32:41
    70%

    41If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me.

  • Ps 82:3
    69%

    3Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

  • Job 31:5
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    5If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,

  • Job 19:7
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    7Beholde, I crie out of violence, but I haue none answere: I crie, but there is no iudgement.

  • Gen 31:39
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    39Whatsoeuer was torne of beasts, I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stollen by day or stollen by night.