Job 31:20
if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
In Context
19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
Cross References
Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Job 29:13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
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 →