Job 31:16
¶ If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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- 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.
- Deut 28:32 : 32 Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand.
- Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
- Job 20:19 : 19 Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
- Job 22:7-9 : 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- 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.
- Ps 119:82 : 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
- Ps 119:123 : 123 ¶ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
- Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].
- Luke 16:21 : 21 ‹And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.›
- Acts 11:29 : 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
- Gal 2:10 : 10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
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17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22 [Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
- Job 29:12-132 verses77%
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
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2 To 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!
- Job 31:13-153 verses76%
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
- Job 31:38-392 verses75%
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
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16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
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21 He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
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7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- Job 31:7-93 verses72%
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8 [Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
9 ¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
- Job 31:24-252 verses72%
24 ¶ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
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10 Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
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16 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
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31 ¶ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
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16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
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9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].
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9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] never saw light.
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9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
- Job 31:29-302 verses71%
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
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22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows.
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9 ¶ Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.
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1 ¶ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
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13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
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16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
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15 ¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
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14 Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
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27 ¶ He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.