Job 31:32

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But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler–

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  • Gen 19:2-3 : 2 He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.” 3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.
  • Judg 19:20-21 : 20 The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.” 21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
  • Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the king will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
  • Matt 25:44-45 : 44 Then they too will answer,‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?’ 45 Then he will answer them,‘I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.’
  • Job 31:17-18 : 17 If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans– 18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!
  • Isa 58:7 : 7 I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!
  • Judg 19:15 : 15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20 The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

    21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

    22 They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house,“Send out the man who came to visit you so we can take carnal knowledge of him.”

    23 The man who owned the house went outside and said to them,“No, my brothers! Don’t do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don’t do such a disgraceful thing!

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

  • 15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.

  • Job 31:33-34
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    33 if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,

    34 because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

  • 15 My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes.

  • Lev 19:33-34
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    33 When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

    34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

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    17 When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said,“Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

    18 The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

  • Gen 19:2-3
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    2 He said,“Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning.”“No,” they replied,“we’ll spend the night in the town square.”

    3 But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

  • Gen 24:31-32
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    31 Laban said to him,“Come, you who are blessed by the LORD! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?”

    32 So Abraham’s servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

  • 43 I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

  • 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

  • 2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

  • 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you?

  • 3 He said,“I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed.

  • 10 Let’s make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”

  • 21 The LORD deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

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    18 who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

    19 So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Luke 11:6-7
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    6 because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

    7 Then he will reply from inside,‘Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’

  • Job 31:19-21
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    19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

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

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

  • 11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”

  • 8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.

  • 19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

  • 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,

  • 35 Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

  • 27 They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

  • 29 Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

  • 39 Animals 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.

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

  • 32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

  • 19 I am a resident foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

  • 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,

  • 20 The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

  • 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • 29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.