Job 31:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:7-9 : 7 `When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; 8 for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. 9 `Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin; 10 thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;
  • Deut 28:32 : 32 `Thy sons and thy daughters `are' given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God!
  • Job 5:16 : 16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
  • Job 20:19 : 19 For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
  • Job 22:7-9 : 7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread. 8 As to the man of arm -- he hath the earth, And the accepted of face -- he dwelleth in it. 9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I have been wearied with my calling, Burnt hath been my throat, Consumed have been mine eyes, waiting for my God.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, `When doth it comfort me?'
  • Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression `is' on me, be my surety.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation `that' saveth not.
  • Luke 16:21 : 21 and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    17And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

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    19If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

    20If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

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    22My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.

  • Job 29:12-13
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    12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

    13The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

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    9Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.

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    25Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.

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    2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

  • Job 31:13-15
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    13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

    14Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?

    15Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

  • Job 31:38-39
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    75%

    38If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

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    16A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

  • Job 24:21
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    21Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good,

  • Jer 49:11
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    11Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,

  • Job 22:7
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    7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

  • Job 31:7-9
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    72%

    7If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

    8Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.

    9If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

  • Job 31:24-25
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    24If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'

    25If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

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    10Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

  • Job 5:16
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    16And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

  • Prov 30:9
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    9Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, `Who `is' Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

  • Prov 31:9
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    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

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    16(Or as a hidden abortion I am not, As infants -- they have not seen light.)

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    9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

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    18And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

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    29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

    30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

  • Exod 22:22-23
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    22`Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

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    3Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers `are' as widows.

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    9Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

  • Job 31:1-2
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    1A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?

    2And what `is' the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?

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    13Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?

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    27And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,

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    16If any believing man or believing woman have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the assembly be burdened, that those really widows it may relieve.

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    3The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

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    15If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

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    14Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave `it', Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

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    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.