Job 31:16

Tree of Life Version

“If I withheld the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow to fail,

Cross References

Job 20:19

For he has oppressed and abandoned the poor. He has seized a house he did not build.

Job 5:16

So the helpless have hope and injustice shuts its mouth.

Psalm 112:9

He gives freely to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn is lifted high in honor.

Psalm 119:123

My eyes fail, longing for Your salvation and for Your righteous word.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes are worn out longing for Your promise, saying, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 69:3

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.

Exodus 22:22

If you mistreat them in any way, and they cry out to Me, I will surely hear their cry.

Proverbs 22:22

Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,

Proverbs 31:20

She spreads out her palms to the poor, and extends her hands to the needy.

Isaiah 10:2

to deprive the helpless of justice and rob the rights of the poor of My people, so that widows may be their spoil and orphans their prey!

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow or a crane, I whisper, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary, looking upward. Adonai, I am oppressed, be my security!

Lamentations 4:17

Even now our eyes waste away looking in vain for our help. From our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

Ezekiel 18:16

nor does he wrong anyone, take pledged property or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Leviticus 25:35

“If your brother has become poor and his hand cannot support himself among you, then you are to uphold him. He may live with you like an outsider or a temporary resident.

Matthew 23:14

Matthew 25:17

In the same way, the one with two gained two more.

Luke 16:21

and longing to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Besides, even the dogs were coming to lick his sores.

Acts 11:29

So the disciples decided to send relief to those brothers and sisters living in Judea, each according to his ability.

Galatians 2:10

They asked only that we remember the poor—something I also was eager to do.

Deuteronomy 28:32

“Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while your eyes look on, longing for them all day long—but your hand will be powerless.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.