Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
For what is the portion from God above, and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
Doesn't he see my ways, and number all my steps?
Job 31:5 (show verse)
"If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit
Job 31:6 (show verse)
(let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity);
Job 31:7 (show verse)
if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
then let me sow, and let another eat. Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
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Job 31:9 (show verse)
"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,
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Job 31:10 (show verse)
then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:11 (show verse)
For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
Job 31:12 (show verse)
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
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Job 31:13 (show verse)
"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;
Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
Contempt » Sin of
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
Employers » Duties of » Consideration for employees
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » Servants
Man » Equality of
Master » Good master, instances of » Job
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
Master's duty » Consideration for employees
Respect of persons » God does not have
Social duties » Masters' duties » Consideration for employees
Contempt » Sin of
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
Employers » Duties of » Consideration for employees
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » Servants
Man » Equality of
Master » Good master, instances of » Job
Masters' » Duty of, toward servants » To act justly
Master's duty » Consideration for employees
Respect of persons » God does not have
Social duties » Masters' duties » Consideration for employees
Job 31:14 (show verse)
What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?
Business life » Employers » Consideration for employees
Contempt » Sin of
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
Employers » Duties of » Consideration for employees
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » Servants
Man » Equality of
Master » Good master, instances of » Job
Master's duty » Consideration for employees
Respect of persons » God does not have
Social duties » Masters' duties » Consideration for employees
Contempt » Sin of
Duty » Masters' » Consideration for employees
Employers » Duties of » Consideration for employees
Injustice » Specially to be avoided towards » Servants
Man » Equality of
Master » Good master, instances of » Job
Master's duty » Consideration for employees
Respect of persons » God does not have
Social duties » Masters' duties » Consideration for employees
Job 31:15 (show verse)
Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
Job 31:16 (show verse)
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Job 31:17 (show verse)
or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it
Job 31:18 (show verse)
(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, her have I guided from my mother's womb);
Job 31:19 (show verse)
if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
Job 31:20 (show verse)
if his heart hasn't blessed me, if he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
Job 31:21 (show verse)
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
Job 31:22 (show verse)
then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
"If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
Gold » Refined
Hope » Of the wicked
Hope » Of the wicked » Is in their worldly possessions
Riches » They who possess, should » Not trust in them
Riches » Guilt of trusting in
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
Trust in riches » The folly of
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of
Hope » Of the wicked
Hope » Of the wicked » Is in their worldly possessions
Riches » They who possess, should » Not trust in them
Riches » Guilt of trusting in
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
Trust in riches » The folly of
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of
Job 31:25 (show verse)
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Job 31:26 (show verse)
if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing the hand to them
Moon » Its light
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipping of » Condemned as atheism
Moon » Described as » Bright
Sun » Worshiped
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing the hand to them
Moon » Its light
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipping of » Condemned as atheism
Moon » Described as » Bright
Sun » Worshiped
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Job 31:27 (show verse)
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
Job 31:28 (show verse)
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.
Hope » Of the wicked
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Moon » Worshipping of » Condemned as atheism
Riches » Guilt of rejoicing in
Riches » Guilt of trusting in
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
Sun » Worshiped
Trust in riches » The folly of
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Moon » Worshipping of » Condemned as atheism
Riches » Guilt of rejoicing in
Riches » Guilt of trusting in
earthly Riches » Examples of evil tendency of » Trust in riches, the folly of
Sun » Worshiped
Trust in riches » The folly of
FALSE » Trusts » Trust in riches, the folly of
Job 31:29 (show verse)
"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Duty » To brethren » To enemies
Enemies » Duty to enemies
Enemies » Rejoice not at the misfortunes of
Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit
Love » Maternal » Of enemies
Malice » Saints avoid
Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » In evil forbidden
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to enemies
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
Enemies » Duty to enemies
Enemies » Rejoice not at the misfortunes of
Hatred » Saints should » Not rejoice in the calamities of those who exhibit
Love » Maternal » Of enemies
Malice » Saints avoid
Rejoicing » In tribulation, examples of » In evil forbidden
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to enemies
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Duty to enemies
Job 31:30 (show verse)
(yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
Job 31:31 (show verse)
if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
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Job 31:32 (show verse)
(the foreigner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
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Job 31:33 (show verse)
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Job 31:34 (show verse)
because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door --
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:35 (show verse)
oh that I had one to hear me! (behold, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); let the accuser write my indictment!
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Job 31:36 (show verse)
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.
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Job 31:37 (show verse)
I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him.
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Job 31:38 (show verse)
If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;
Job 31:39 (show verse)
if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
Job 31:40 (show verse)
let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.