Job 31:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 22:9 : 9 You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, the fatherless, and the one who had no helper.
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 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 asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Job 31:16-20
    5 verses
    81%

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

    17 Or 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;)

    19 If I have seen any perish for lack 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;

  • Job 29:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11 When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

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

    13 The blessing of a dying man 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 is iniquity in my hands;

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

  • 14 You 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.

  • Job 31:25-29
    5 verses
    75%

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

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

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

    28 This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.

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

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

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

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

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

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

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

  • 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • 10 Do not remove the ancient landmark, and do not enter the fields of the fatherless:

  • 2 To 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!

  • 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is none to deliver them.

  • 2 Indeed, how might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age has perished?

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

  • 29 And if you take this also from me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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    12 The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be upon you.

    13 As says the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness comes from the wicked: but my hand shall not be upon you.

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

  • 27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

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

  • Job 30:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    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 advance my calamity, they have no helper.

  • 22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

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

  • Ps 31:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous kindness in a strong city.

    22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.

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

  • 41 If I sharpen my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward those who hate me.

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

  • 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit;

  • 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

  • 39 That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it; from my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or by night.