Job 31:16

“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;”

"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;" - Job 31:16
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What does Job 31:16 mean?

Job 31:16 (KJV) says, "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail." The book of Job is a complex and deeply profound text within the Biblical canon. The story of Job is centered around a man who experiences great suffering, yet…

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A Call to Compassion: Reflecting Christ's Love for the Underserved

The Book of Job is a poignant testament to humanity's struggles, a narrative woven with themes of suffering, justice, and the search for divine understanding amid affliction. As we delve into Job 31:16, we encounter a profound reflection on social responsibility and compassion…

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A Prayer for Compassion and Justice

O Heavenly Father, As I come before You, my heart is heavy with the weight of responsibility. I am reminded of the words from the Book of Job, where Your faithful servant declares, "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail" (Job…

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Job 31:16 - "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;"
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Job 31:40 - "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended."
Job 31:31 - "If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied."
Job 33:31 - "Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak."
Job 16:1 - "Then Job answered and said,"
Job 31:11 - "For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges."
Job 31:3 - "Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?"
Job 31 take an inventory of his life
Job 31:26 - "If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;"
Job 36:31 - "For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance."
Job 31:32 - "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller."
Job 31:4 - "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?"
Job 31:38 - "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;"
Job 15:31 - "Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence."
Job 38:31 - "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"
Job 31:5 - "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;"
Job 31:12 - "For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase."
"Then Job answered and said," - Job 16:1
Job 16:16 - "My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;"
Job 31:33 - "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:"
Job 31:6 - "Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity."
Job 30:31 - "My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep."
Job 31:17 - "Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;"
Job 31:2 - "For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?"
Job 31:36 - "Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me."
Job 31:28 - "This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above."