Proverbs 31:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

She extends her hand to the poor; yes, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.

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  • Eph 4:28 : 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
  • Heb 13:16 : 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 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;
  • Prov 22:9 : 9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
  • Eccl 11:1-2 : 1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good; but me you do not have always.
  • Acts 9:39-41 : 39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he had come, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood by him weeping, showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. 40 But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
  • Rom 10:21 : 21 But to Israel he says: "All day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people."
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Distributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.
  • Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention;
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.
  • Deut 15:11 : 11 For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:9-19
    11 verses
    86%

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

    10Who can find a virtuous woman? For her worth is far above rubies.

    11The heart of her husband safely trusts in her, so he will have no lack of gain.

    12She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

    13She seeks wool and flax, and works willingly with her hands.

    14She is like the merchants' ships; she brings her food from afar.

    15She rises also while it is yet night, and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens.

    16She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

    17She girds herself with strength and strengthens her arms.

    18She perceives that her merchandise is good; her lamp does not go out by night.

    19She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

  • Prov 31:21-31
    11 verses
    78%

    21She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.

    22She makes herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

    23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

    24She makes fine linen and sells it, and delivers sashes to the merchant.

    25Strength and honor are her clothing, and she shall rejoice in time to come.

    26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.

    27She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

    28Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.

    29Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all.

    30Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 3:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.

    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

  • Job 31:19-21
    3 verses
    71%

    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;

  • Luke 21:4
    70%

    4For all these have out of their abundance cast into the offerings of God; but she, out of her poverty, has cast in all the living that she had.

  • Prov 14:1
    69%

    1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her hands.

  • Job 30:25
    69%

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

  • Prov 10:4
    69%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Deut 15:11
    69%

    11For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

  • Job 22:9
    68%

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

  • Job 31:16
    68%

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

  • Ps 132:15
    68%

    15I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

  • Deut 25:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11When men fight with each other, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and seizes him by his private parts,

    12Then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.

  • Prov 18:23
    67%

    23The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

  • Prov 6:8
    67%

    8Provides her food in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

  • Prov 9:14
    67%

    14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  • Prov 14:31
    67%

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

  • Prov 19:17
    67%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • 1 Tim 5:5
    67%

    5Now she who is truly a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

  • Deut 15:8
    67%

    8But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants.

  • Prov 22:16
    67%

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

  • Job 39:16
    67%

    16She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not hers; her labor is in vain, without fear;

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at home:

    12Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.

  • Prov 9:3
    67%

    3She has sent out her maidens: she cries out on the highest places of the city,

  • Ps 41:1
    67%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.