Job 22:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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  • Job 31:17 : 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
  • Matt 25:42 : 42 ‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:›
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
  • Isa 58:10 : 10 And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
  • Job 31:31 : 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
  • Prov 11:24-25 : 24 ¶ There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty. 25 ¶ The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 ¶ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: 8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, [in that] which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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    42‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:›

    43‹I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.›

    44‹Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?›

  • 16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

  • 7And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

  • Job 22:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

    9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

  • 7[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

  • 11Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

  • 37‹Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed› [thee]? ‹or thirsty, and gave› [thee] ‹drink?›

  • Job 24:9-11
    3 verses
    75%

    9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

    10They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;

    11[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.

  • 21¶ If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

  • 17[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

  • 35‹For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:›

  • Mic 6:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.

    15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

  • 27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • 3¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

  • 6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

  • 14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:

  • 6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • 7If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

  • 17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

  • Job 31:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

    17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

  • 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 14The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

  • 10And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:

  • 22¶ Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • 4¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

  • 16¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  • 7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

  • 19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

  • 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

  • 4The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them.

  • 37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

  • 25¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

  • 6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

  • 5[They that were] full have hired out themselves for bread; and [they that were] hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

  • 23¶ Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

  • 25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

  • 2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless!

  • 15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

  • 4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

  • 12And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: