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Read Full Chapter (Job 31) Job 31:17-21 KJV
"Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;) If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:"
Job Chapter 31, Verse 17-21
Job 31:17-21 in Context (Verses 14–24 KJV)
14
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?*
16
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
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Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother’s womb;)*
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If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
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If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
22
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.*
23
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
24
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;