Job 31:16
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 15:7-9 : 7 If there be with you a poor man, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; 8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants. 9 Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you. 10 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
- Deut 28:32 : 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
- Job 5:16 : 16 So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
- Job 20:19 : 19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
- Job 22:7-9 : 7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. 9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
- Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
- Ps 112:9 : 9 He has dispersed, he has given to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn will be exalted with honor.
- Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"
- Ps 119:123 : 123 My eyes fail looking for your salvation, For your righteous word.
- Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; my eyes fail [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed, be my collateral.
- Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
- Luke 16:21 : 21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Acts 11:29 : 29 As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;
- Gal 2:10 : 10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Job 31:17-226 verses84%
17 Or 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);
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
20 If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone.
- Job 29:12-132 verses77%
12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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9 You have sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
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25 Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
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2 to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Job 31:13-153 verses76%
13 "If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?
15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
- Job 31:38-392 verses75%
38 If my land cries out against me, And the furrows of it weep together;
39 If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life:
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16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
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21 He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
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11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
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7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- Job 31:7-93 verses72%
7 If my step has turned out of the way, If my heart walked after my eyes, If any defilement has stuck to my hands,
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;
- Job 31:24-252 verses72%
24 "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
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10 Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
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16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, Both come to poverty.
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31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, But he who is kind to the needy honors him.
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16 So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
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9 Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.
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9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."
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16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants who never saw light.
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9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor,
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18 "'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
- Job 31:29-302 verses71%
29 "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
30 (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
- Exod 22:22-232 verses71%
22 "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.
23 If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
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3 We are orphans and fatherless; Our mothers are as widows.
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9 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
- Job 31:1-22 verses71%
1 "I made a covenant with my eyes, How then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
2 For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
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13 Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
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27 And my heart has been secretly enticed, My hand threw a kiss from my mouth:
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16 If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don't let the assembly be burdened; that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.
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3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, And they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
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15 If I had said, "I will speak thus;" Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
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14 But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
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27 One who gives to the poor has no lack; But one who closes his eyes will have many curses.