Job 6:14
To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Cross-reference
In Job 4:3, Eliphaz recalls that Job used to strengthen the weak — the very kindness Job now demands from friends in 6:14.
In Job 4:4, Eliphaz says Job upheld the stumbling — continuing the theme of past kindness that Job now seeks in 6:14.
In Job 16:5, Job says he would comfort his friends with words — the same devotion he expects from them in 6:14.
In Job 19:21, Job cries for mercy from his friends — a direct plea for the kindness he says friends owe in 6:14.
In Job 2:11, Job's friends come to show sympathy and comfort — the very kindness Job later complains they withheld, setting up the context.
In Job 15:4, Eliphaz accuses Job of undermining fear of God, echoing the principle in 6:14 that withholding kindness forsakes that fear.
In Job 16:4, Job says he could treat his friends as they treat him, highlighting that they are withholding kindness condemned in 6:14.
In Job 19:19, Job laments that his intimate friends abhor him, exemplifying the withholding of kindness condemned in 6:14.
In Hebrews 13:3, believers are told to remember prisoners as if imprisoned with them — extending empathy to the afflicted, as Job demands.
In Galatians 6:2, Paul commands bearing one another's burdens — directly fulfilling the duty to show kindness to the suffering friend.
In 2 Corinthians 11:29, Paul identifies with the weak and offended — a personal embodiment of the kindness Job says friends owe the afflicted.
In 1 Corinthians 12:26, Paul describes the church as a body where members share each other's suffering — echoing the call to show kindness to the afflicted.
In Luke 10:31, the priest passes by the wounded man, exemplifying the withholding of kindness condemned in Job 6:14.
Romans 12:15 calls for weeping with those who weep — the empathy Job expects from friends in 6:14.
In Micah 7:5, the prophet warns against trusting friends, reflecting the same harsh reality of failed friendships that Job experiences in 6:14.
Proverbs 25:19 warns that trusting a treacherous man brings pain, similar to the failed friendship described in Job 6:14.
Proverbs 17:17 says a friend loves at all times — aligning with Job's expectation of devotion in 6:14.
In 1 Samuel 1:6, Peninnah provokes Hannah instead of showing kindness — the opposite of what Job says a friend should do to the afflicted.