Job 31:32
I have never let strangers sleep in the street; I have opened my doors to travelers.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
In Context
31Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’
33Have I concealed my sins from others, hiding my wrongdoing deep inside me?
Cross References
Judges 19:15They stopped in Gibeah to spend the night, and sat down in the town's main square, but no one invited them to come and stay.
Job 29:16I was like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.
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 25:40The king will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you did for one of these least important brothers of mine you did for me.’
Romans 12:13Share in providing for the needs of God's people, and welcome strangers with hospitality.
Hebrews 13:2Don't forget to show love for strangers too, because by doing so some have welcomed angels without knowing 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 →