Job 31:21

Easy To Read Version

I never shook my fist at an orphan\par when I saw him at the gate\par asking for help. {\cf2\super [65]} \par

Cross References

Job 22:9

But maybe you sent widows {\cf2\super [35]} away\par without giving them anything.\par Job, maybe you cheated orphans. {\cf2\super [36]} \par

Job 24:9

Evil people take a nursing baby from its mother.\par They take a poor person’s child\par as security {\cf2\super [39]} for a loan.\par

Job 29:12

Why? Because when the poor person\par cried out for help, I helped.\par And I helped the child that had no parents\par and no one to care for him.\par

Job 29:7

“Those were the days\par when I went to the city gate\par and sat with the elders of the city\par in the public meeting place.\par

Job 31:17

I have never been selfish with my food.\par I always gave food to orphans.\par

Job 31:20

I always gave them clothes.\par I used the wool from my own sheep\par to make them warm.\par And they blessed me with all their heart.\par

Job 6:27

You would even gamble to win things\par that belong to children without fathers.\par You would sell out your own friend.\par

Psalm 82:3

“Defend the poor people and orphans. {\cf2\super [474]} \par Protect the rights of those poor people.\par

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown big and fat\par \{from the evil things they have done\}.\par There is no end to the evil things they do.\par They will not plead the case\par of children that have no parents.\par They will not help those orphans.\par They will not let poor people\par be judged fairly.\par

Ezekiel 22:7

People in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. They hurt foreigners in that city. They cheat orphans and widows {\cf2\super [170]} in that place.

Micah 7:3

People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par