Job 31:16
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 31
“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”Job 31:16
What Does Job 31:16 Mean?
Job 31:16 is found in the book of Job, chapter 31, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Care for the Poor.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 31:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Nehemiah 8:10“Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”Proverbs 11:25“The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.”Luke 6:38“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”Proverbs 22:9“He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.”Matthew 5:7“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”Matthew 25:35“For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:”Proverbs 22:22“Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:”Luke 14:13“But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:”Psalms 41:1“Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.”Psalms 68:5“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Proverbs 31:20“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.”James 2:15“If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,”Leviticus 23:22“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.”Deuteronomy 14:29“And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.”Deuteronomy 15:7“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:”Deuteronomy 24:19“When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.”Job 11:20“But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.”Psalms 37:21“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”Isaiah 38:14“Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.”Matthew 5:42“Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.”
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