Job 31:16

Easy To Read Version

“I have never refused to help poor people.\par I always gave widows what they needed.\par

Cross References

Job 20:19

Why? Because the evil person\par hurt poor people\par and treated them wrong.\par He didn’t care about them,\par and he took their things.\par He took houses someone else built.\par

Job 5:16

So poor people have hope.\par God destroys bad people\par who are not fair.\par

Psalm 112:9

That person freely gives things\par to poor people.\par And his goodness will continue forever.\par

Psalm 119:123

Lord, I have worn out my eyes\par looking for help from you,\par for a good word from you.\par

Psalm 119:82

I keep looking for the things you promised,\par but my eyes are getting tired.\par Lord, when will you comfort me?\par

Psalm 69:3

I am getting weak from calling for help.\par My throat is hurting.\par I have waited and looked for help from you\par until my eyes are hurting.\par

Exodus 22:22

“You must never do anything bad to women whose husbands are dead or to children without parents.

Proverbs 22:22

It is easy to steal from poor people, but don’t do it. And don’t take advantage of those poor people in court.

Proverbs 31:20

She always gives to poor people\par and helps people that need it.\par

Isaiah 10:2

Those lawmakers are not fair to the poor people. They take away the poor people’s rights. They allow people to steal from widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [112]}

Isaiah 38:14

I cried like a dove.\par I cried like a bird.\par My eyes became tired,\par but I continued looking to the heavens.\par My Master, I am so depressed.\par Promise to help me.”\par

Lamentations 4:17

We have worn out our eyes\par looking for help.\par But no help comes.\par We kept on looking for a nation to save us.\par We kept watch from our watchtower,\par But no nation came to us.\par

Ezekiel 18:16

That good son does not take advantage of people. If a person borrows money from him, the good son takes the collateral {\cf2\super [135]} and gives the other person the money. And when that person pays him back, then the good son gives the collateral back. The good son gives food to hungry people. And he gives clothes to people that need them.

Leviticus 25:35

“Maybe a person from your own country [431] will become too poor to support himself. You must let him live with you like a visitor.

Matthew 23:14

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Matthew 25:17

It was the same with the servant that had two bags of money. That servant invested the money and earned two more.

Luke 16:21

Lazarus wanted only to eat the small pieces of food left from the rich man’s table. And the dogs came and licked his sores!

Acts 11:29

The believers decided that they would all try to help their brothers and sisters who lived in Judea. Each believer planned to send them as much as he could.

Galatians 2:10

They asked us to do only one thing—to remember to help the poor people. And this was something that I really wanted to do.

Deuteronomy 28:32

“Other people will be allowed to take your sons and your daughters. Day after day, you will look for your children. You will look for them until your eyes become weak and blind—but you will not find them. And God will not help you.

James 1:27

The kind of religion (worship) that God accepts is this: caring for orphans {\cf2\super [2]} or widows {\cf2\super [3]} who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s \{evil\} influence. This is the kind of religion (worship) that God accepts as pure and good.