Job 31:16
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
World English Bible Classic
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
15Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Cross References
Leviticus 25:35“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.
Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
Psalms 119:82My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
Proverbs 22:22Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
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 →