Job 31:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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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    17Or 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;)

    19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

    20If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

    21If 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 29:12-13
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    12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

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    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!

  • Job 31:13-15
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    13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

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    15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

  • Job 31:38-39
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    38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

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    16I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.

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    21He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

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    11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.

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    7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • Job 31:7-9
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    7If 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 31:24-25
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    24¶ If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;

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    10Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

  • Prov 22:16
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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.

  • Prov 14:31
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    16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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