Job 31
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Job 31:16-21

16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

18No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,

20did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

21“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,

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