Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
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- 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.
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22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
- Job 31:16-205 verses81%
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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;
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11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
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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3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
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9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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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.
- Job 31:25-295 verses75%
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
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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;
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16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- Job 31:38-392 verses73%
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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25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
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9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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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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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.
- Job 31:13-142 verses72%
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?
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10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
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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!
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4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
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9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
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29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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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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27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
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10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
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12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither opess the afflicted in the gate:
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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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21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For 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.
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13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will renr vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
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3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
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5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
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7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
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39 That 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.