Job 31:16
Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
In Context
15Didn't the same God make all of us?
17Have I even eaten just a piece of bread by myself? Haven't I always shared my food with orphans?
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35If any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.
Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be taken away as slaves to other nations while you watch, and you'll wear your eyes out crying over them, but there won't be anything you can do about it.
Job 20:19For they have oppressed and abandoned the poor; they have seized houses they did not build.
Psalms 69:3I'm so tired of screaming out for help my throat is totally raw. My eyes are worn out looking for my God to help me.
Psalms 119:82I strain my eyes looking for you to keep your promises, asking “When will you comfort me?”
Proverbs 22:22For you shouldn't steal from the poor just because they're poor; and you shouldn't crush those with limited means in court,
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →