Revealing his concern for others, he said: “If I used to hold back the lowly ones from their delight, and the eyes of the widow I would cause to fail,... if I waved my hand to and fro against the fatherless boy, when I would see need of my assistance in the gate, let my own shoulder blade fall from its shoulder, and let my own arm be broken from its upper bone. ”
Apliecinādams savas rūpes par citiem, viņš sacīja: ” Vai es gan esmu viņu iekāroto liedzis nabagiem, vai es esmu pieļāvis, ka atraitnes acis īgtu? [..].. ja es jebkad savu roku stingri būtu pacēlis pret bāreni, būdams pārliecībā, ka es tiesā atradīšu atbalstu, tad lai mani pleci atdalās nost no mana kakla, un lai mana roka tiek nolauzta pie elkoņa! ” ( Ījaba 31: 16 — 22.)