Job 31:32
The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
In Context
31If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
33If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
Cross References
Judges 19:15And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.
Job 29:16I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.
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 25:40And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Romans 12:13Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.
Hebrews 13:2Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →