Job 31:19

If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

In Context

18(For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

20If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:15And those men who have been named went up and took the prisoners, clothing those among them who were uncovered, with things from the goods which had been taken in the war, and putting robes on them and shoes on their feet; and they gave them food and drink and oil for their bodies, and seating all the feeble among them on asses, they took them to Jericho, the town of palm-trees, to their people, and then went back to Samaria.

Job 24:4The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

Isaiah 58:7Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

Matthew 25:43I was wandering, and you took me not in; without clothing, and you gave me no clothing; ill, and in prison, and you came not to me.

Acts 9:39And Peter went with them. And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there, weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made while she was with them.

1 John 3:18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24

Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →

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