Job 31:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans–

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:11 : 11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
  • Deut 15:14 : 14 You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress– as the LORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.
  • Neh 8:10 : 10 He said to them,“Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
  • Job 22:7 : 7 You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.
  • Job 29:12-16 : 12 for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; 13 the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice; 14 I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; 15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; 16 I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,
  • Luke 11:41 : 41 But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.
  • John 13:29 : 29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.)
  • Acts 4:32 : 32 Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common.
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their adversity and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:16
    84%

    16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • Job 31:18-22
    5 verses
    80%

    18but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!

    19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

    20whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

    21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

    22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

  • Job 29:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

    13the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

  • Job 22:9
    76%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Job 31:39
    75%

    39if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

  • Job 29:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

    17I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

    10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

  • Lam 5:3
    73%

    3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

  • Jer 49:11
    72%

    11Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.”

  • Ezek 18:16
    72%

    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

  • Ps 37:25
    72%

    25I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Ezek 22:7
    71%

    7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

  • Ps 10:14
    71%

    14You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

  • Isa 10:2
    71%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

  • Exod 22:22
    71%

    22“You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

  • Job 31:29-31
    3 verses
    70%

    29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–

    30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–

    31if the members of my household have never said,‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–

  • Job 31:8
    70%

    8then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

  • Job 30:25
    70%

    25Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

  • Ezek 18:7
    70%

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

  • Prov 23:10
    70%

    10Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • Prov 4:3
    69%

    3When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

  • Deut 24:17
    69%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Lev 22:13
    69%

    13but if a priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat from her father’s food, but no lay person may eat it.

  • Prov 30:9
    69%

    9lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say,“Who is the LORD?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

  • Deut 26:14
    69%

    14I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed you and have done everything you have commanded me.

  • Job 24:3
    69%

    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

  • Lam 4:4
    69%

    4ד(Dalet) The infant’s tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel.

  • 2 Sam 12:3
    68%

    3But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

  • Ps 27:10
    68%

    10Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the LORD would take me in.

  • Job 31:27
    68%

    27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,

  • Gen 31:38-39
    2 verses
    68%

    38“I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

    39Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.

  • Ps 14:4
    68%

    4All those who behave wickedly do not understand– those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the LORD.

  • Job 31:13
    68%

    13“If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

  • Job 6:7
    68%

    7I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.

  • Ps 10:18
    68%

    18You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

  • Ps 73:15
    68%

    15If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your people.

  • Ps 102:9
    68%

    9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,