Job 31:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 ¶ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In 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.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 ¶ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 31:22
    81%

    22[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

  • Job 31:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

    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;

    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;

  • Job 29:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:

    12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.

    13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

  • Ps 7:3
    76%

    3O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

  • Job 22:9
    76%

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

  • Ps 10:14
    75%

    14Thou 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.

  • Job 31:25-29
    5 verses
    75%

    25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

    26If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;

    27And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

    28This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.

    29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

  • Job 31:7
    74%

    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;

  • Job 29:16
    74%

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

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

    39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

  • Job 30:25
    72%

    25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Job 24:9
    72%

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

  • Ps 73:15
    72%

    15¶ If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    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.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

  • Prov 23:10
    72%

    10¶ Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    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 5:4
    71%

    4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].

  • Job 30:2
    71%

    2Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me, in whom old age was perished?

  • Job 31:9
    71%

    9¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

  • Gen 44:29
    71%

    29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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

    12The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • Jer 49:11
    71%

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

  • Job 6:27
    70%

    27Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.

  • Ps 27:10
    70%

    10When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

  • Job 30:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Upon [my] right [hand] rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

    13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

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

  • Exod 22:23
    70%

    23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Ps 31:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.

    22For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

  • Job 6:13
    70%

    13[Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Deut 32:41
    70%

    41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.

  • Ps 82:3
    69%

    3Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

  • Job 31:5
    69%

    5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

  • Job 19:7
    69%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • Gen 31:39
    69%

    39That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen by day, or stolen by night.