Job 31:16

Job's Final Defense Continued

¹⁵ Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?
Did not the same God form us both in the womb? ¹⁶ If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
¹⁷ if I have eaten my few crumbs alone
without letting the fatherless eat any of it—

Poor and Needy

Job

No

Deuteronomy 15:7-10

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

Job 5:16

So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.

Job 20:19

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

Job 22:7-9

You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,

Psalm 69:3

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 112:9

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

Psalm 119:82

My eyes grow weary
looking for what You have promised;
I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 119:123

My eyes grow weary looking for Your salvation
and for Your righteous promise.

Isaiah 38:14

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

Lamentations 4:17

ע AyinAll the while our eyes were failing
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation that refused to help.

Luke 16:21

He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Acts 11:29

So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.

Galatians 2:10

They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I made every effort to do.