Job 31:16

Job's Final Defense Continued

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“Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant,
And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb? ¹⁶ 
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
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Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone,
And did not share it with the orphan

Poor and Needy

Job

No

Deuteronomy 15:7-10

“If there is a poor man among you, one of your fellow Israelites, in any of your cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not be heartless, nor close-fisted with your poor brother;

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do.

Job 5:16

“So the helpless have hope,
And injustice shuts its mouth.

Job 20:19

“For he has oppressed and neglected the poor;
He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.

Job 22:7-9

“You have not given water to the weary to drink,
And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your promise,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 119:123

My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation,
And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.

Isaiah 38:14

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp;
I coo like a dove.
My eyes look wistfully upward;
O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.

Lamentations 4:17

[And as for us,] yet our eyes failed,
Looking in vain for help.
Watching [from the towers] we watched
For a nation that could not save.

Luke 16:21

He [eagerly] longed to eat the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

Acts 11:29

So the disciples decided to send a contribution, each according to his individual ability, to the believers who lived in Judea.

Galatians 2:10

They asked only [one thing], that we remember the poor, the very thing I was also eager to do.