Job 31:32
(the foreigner has not lodged in the street,but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
New Heart English 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 tent have not said,'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions,by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Cross References
Judges 19:15They turned that way to go in to spend the night in Gibeah. And he went in and they sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who would take them into their house to spend the night.
Job 29:16I was a father to the needy.The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
Isaiah 58:7Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?
Matthew 25:40"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
Romans 12:13contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.
Hebrews 13:2Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some 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 →