Job 31:21
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 31
“If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:”Job 31:21
What Does Job 31:21 Mean?
Job 31:21 is found in the book of Job, chapter 31, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Job 31:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 14:16“A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.”Proverbs 22:22“Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:”Job 22:9“Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.”Numbers 5:22“And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.”Deuteronomy 16:19“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.”Job 29:12“Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.”Proverbs 23:10“Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:”Proverbs 29:7“The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.”Exodus 23:6“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”Job 6:27“Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.”Job 24:9“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”Job 29:7“When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!”Proverbs 24:7“Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.”Jeremiah 5:28“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”Lamentations 3:3“Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.”Ezekiel 22:7“In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.”Amos 5:12“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”Micah 2:1“Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.”Micah 7:3“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.”Acts 25:11“For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.”
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