Job 31:19
If ever I saw someone needing clothes, the poor without anything to wear,
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
In Context
18From when I was young I was a father to orphans and took care of widows.
20they always thanked me for the wool clothing that kept them warm.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:15The men named above got up and took clothes from the plunder to those that had none, gave them sandals to wear, and food and drink, and put olive oil on their wounds. Those who couldn't walk any more they put on donkeys, and took them all to Jericho, the town of palms, to be close to the people of Judah.
Job 24:4They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.
Isaiah 58:7Share your food with the hungry, take the poor and homeless into your house. When you see people naked, give them clothes, and don't reject your own relatives.
Matthew 25:43I was a stranger and you didn't invite me in. I was naked and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison and you didn't visit me.’
Acts 9:39So Peter got ready and left with them. When he arrived they took him upstairs. All the widows were there crying, and they showed him the coats and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
1 John 3:18Dear friends, let's not just say we love with words, but show our love in what we do and how we demonstrate the truth.
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 →