Job 31:16
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Majority Standard Bible
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
15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
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 →