Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile:
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- Deuteronomy 15:7–10Rank 1 from verse 16
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:
8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
10Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
7¶ If there be among you a poore man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates, in thy lande which the LORD thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:
8*But thou shalt open thine hand wide vnto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his neede, in that which he wanteth.
9Beware that there bee not a †thought in thy †wicked heart, saying, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of release is at hand, and thine eye be euill against thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and hee crie vnto the LORD against thee, and it be sinne vnto thee.
10Thou shalt surely giue him, and thine heart shall not bee grieued when thou giuest vnto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hand vnto.
- Isaiah 38:14Rank 2 from verse 16
- Acts 11:29Rank 3 from verse 16
- Deuteronomy 28:32Rank 4 from verse 16
32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
32Thy sonnes, and thy daughters shall be giuen vnto another people, and thine eyes shal looke, and faile with longing for them al the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
- Galatians 2:10Rank 5 from verse 16
- Job 22:7–9Rank 7 from verse 16
7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
7Thou hast not giuen water to the wearie to drinke, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8But as for the †mightie man, hee had the earth, and the †honourable man dwelt in it.
9Thou hast sent widowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse haue bene broken.
- Lamentations 4:17Rank 9 from verse 16
- Luke 16:21Rank 10 from verse 16
- Psalms 112:9Rank 11 from verse 16
- Psalms 119:123Rank 12 from verse 16
- Psalms 119:82Rank 13 from verse 16
- Psalms 69:3Rank 14 from verse 16
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Job 31:16
Held back, restrained, kept from being given, or refused.
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1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of cause, meaning to make something happen.
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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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A woman whose husband has died.
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Sense 1: To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.
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15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
15Did not hee that made mee in the wombe, make him? and ‖did not one fashion vs in the wombe?
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
16If I haue withhelde the poore from their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile:
Selected passage17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
17Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof: