Job 31:21

World English Bible (2000)

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

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Referenced Verses

  • 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, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,
  • Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: 11 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.
  • Jer 5:28 : 28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.
  • Ezek 22:7 : 7 In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
  • Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
  • Job 6:27 : 27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 31:22
    81%

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

  • Job 31:16-20
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    81%

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

    17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

    18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);

    19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

    20if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;

  • Job 29:11-13
    3 verses
    78%

    11For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

    12Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had none to help him,

    13the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

  • Ps 7:3
    76%

    3Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,

  • Job 22:9
    76%

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

  • Ps 10:14
    75%

    14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

  • Job 31:25-29
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    75%

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

    26if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

    27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

    28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

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

  • Job 31:7
    74%

    7if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

  • Job 29:16
    74%

    16I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.

  • Job 31:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;

    39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

  • Job 30:25
    72%

    25Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

  • Ps 73:15
    72%

    15If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

  • Ezek 22:7
    72%

    7In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

  • Job 31:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

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

  • Prov 23:10
    72%

    10Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

  • Job 5:4
    71%

    4His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

  • Job 30:2
    71%

    2Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?

  • Job 31:9
    71%

    9"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

  • Gen 44:29
    71%

    29If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'

  • 1 Sam 24:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.

    13As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.

  • Jer 49:11
    71%

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

  • Job 6:27
    70%

    27Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

  • Ps 27:10
    70%

    10When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

  • Job 30:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.

  • Prov 22:22
    70%

    22Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

  • Exod 22:23
    70%

    23If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;

  • Ps 31:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.

    22As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

  • Job 6:13
    70%

    13Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • Deut 32:41
    70%

    41if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me.

  • Ps 82:3
    69%

    3"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

  • Job 31:5
    69%

    5"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit

  • Job 19:7
    69%

    7"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Gen 31:39
    69%

    39That which was torn of animals, I didn't bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.