Job 31:32
but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
In Context
31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
Cross References
Judges 19:15They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Matthew 25:40And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
Romans 12:13Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
Hebrews 13:2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained 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 →