Job 31:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother. 8 But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants. 9 Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given unto another people, and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no strength in your hand.
  • Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
  • Job 20:19 : 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build;
  • Job 22:7-9 : 7 You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he possessed the land; and the honorable man lived in it. 9 You have 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 dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes fail with longing for Your word, saying, 'When will You comfort me?'
  • Ps 119:123 : 123 My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation and Your righteous word.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes failed as we 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, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers dwelling in Judea:
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 They only desired that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I also was eager to do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:17-22
    6 verses
    84%

    17Or have eaten my portion alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;

    18(For from my youth he was raised with me as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

    19If I have seen any perish for lack 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 my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate;

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

  • Job 29:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper.

    13The blessing of a dying man came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

  • Job 22:9
    77%

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

  • Job 30:25
    76%

    25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Isa 10:2
    76%

    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Job 31:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

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

    14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He visits, what shall I answer Him?

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

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    75%

    38If my land cries against me, or its furrows likewise complain;

    39If I have eaten its fruits without payment, or caused the owners to lose their life;

  • Job 29:16
    74%

    16I was a father to the poor, and I searched out the case I did not know.

  • Job 24:21
    73%

    21He does evil to the barren who does not bear, and shows no kindness to the widow.

  • Jer 49:11
    72%

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

  • Job 22:7
    72%

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Job 31:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any stain has cleaved to my hands;

    8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out.

    9If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door;

  • Job 31:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'

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

  • Job 3:10
    72%

    10Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 14:31
    72%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 30:9
    72%

    9Lest I be full and deny You, and say, Who is the LORD? Or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  • Prov 31:9
    72%

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Job 3:16
    71%

    16Or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have existed; like infants who never saw light.

  • Job 24:9
    71%

    9They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

  • Job 10:18
    71%

    18Why then have You brought me forth out of the womb? Oh, that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

  • Job 31:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

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

    30Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul.

  • Exod 22:22-23
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    71%

    22You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

    23If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Lam 5:3
    71%

    3We are orphans and fatherless; our mothers are like widows.

  • Ps 31:9
    71%

    9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

  • Job 31:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I gaze upon a maiden?

    2For what portion of God is there from above? And what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

  • Job 6:13
    70%

    13Is not my help within me? And is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 31:27
    70%

    27And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

  • 1 Tim 5:16
    70%

    16If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be burdened, so that it may relieve those who are truly widows.

  • Job 24:3
    70%

    3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

  • Jer 22:16
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    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

  • Ps 73:15
    70%

    15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would offend against the generation of Your children.

  • Ps 10:14
    70%

    14You have seen it; for You behold mischief and spite, to repay it with Your hand; the poor commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.