What does Job 31:19 mean?

Job 31:19 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 31:19 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

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