Job 31:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,”
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“if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;”
King James Version · Public Domain“If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“If I see <FI>any<Fi> perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 31:19 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
- Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
- Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Job 29:13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
- Isaiah 58:7Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
- Matthew 25:36I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
- Matthew 25:43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
- Luke 3:11John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
- Acts 9:39So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
- James 2:16If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?
- 1 John 3:18Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
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