Job 31:16
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
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- 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.
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- Job 31:17-226 verses84%
17 And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,
18 (But from my youth He grew up with me as `with' a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)
19 If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,
20 If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,
21 If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in `him' the gate of my court,
22 My shoulder from its blade let fall, And mine arm from the bone be broken.
- Job 29:12-132 verses77%
12 For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.
13 The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.
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9 Widows thou hast sent away empty, And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
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25 Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.
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2 To 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 31:13-153 verses76%
13 If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
14 Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him?
15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
- Job 31:38-392 verses75%
38 If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,
39 If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,
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16 A father I `am' to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
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21 Treating evil the barren `who' beareth not, And `to' the widow he doth no good,
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11 Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,
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7 Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.
- Job 31:7-93 verses72%
7 If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,
8 Let me sow -- and another eat, And my products let be rooted out.
9 If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,
- Job 31:24-252 verses72%
24 If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,'
25 If I rejoice because great `is' my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,
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10 Because it hath not shut the doors Of the womb that was mine! And hide misery from mine eyes.
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16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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16 And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.
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9 Lest 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.
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9 Open 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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9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
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18 And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
- Job 31:29-302 verses71%
29 If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
30 Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
- Exod 22:22-232 verses71%
22 `Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;
23 if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;
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3 Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers `are' as widows.
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9 Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
- Job 31:1-22 verses71%
1 A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?
2 And what `is' the portion of God from above? And the inheritance of the Mighty from the heights?
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13 Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?
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27 And my heart is enticed in secret, And my hand doth kiss my mouth,
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16 If 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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3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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16 He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.
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15 If I have said, `I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
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14 Thou 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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27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.