Job 31:16

Job's Final Defense Continued

¹⁵ Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
¹⁷ If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it,

Poor and Needy

Job

No

Deuteronomy 15:7-10

This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be dragged off to a foreign country. And you will stand there helpless. Even if you watch for them until you go blind, you will never see them again.

Job 5:16

The poor have hope when wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

Job 20:19

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor and left them destitute. He has violently seized houses he did not build.

Job 22:7-9

You have given no water to the weary to drink. You have withheld bread from the hungry.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 112:9

He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes fail with longing for your word, while I say: When will you comfort me?

Psalm 119:123

My eyes fail, for I long for your salvation and your righteous word.

Isaiah 38:14

I cry like a swallow (swift). I mourn like a dove. My eyes are red from looking to you, Jehovah. I am terribly abused. Please come and help me.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.

Luke 16:21

He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores.

Acts 11:29

The disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers in Judea.

Galatians 2:10

They wanted us to remember the poor. I was eager (zealous) to do this very thing.