Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Job 31:5 (show verse)
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job 31:6 (show verse)
Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:9 (show verse)
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:10 (show verse)
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:11 (show verse)
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Job 31:12 (show verse)
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:13 (show verse)
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, 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 riseth up? and when he visiteth, 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)
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not 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 myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job 31:18 (show verse)
(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Job 31:19 (show verse)
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Job 31:20 (show verse)
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Job 31:21 (show verse)
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job 31:22 (show verse)
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art 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 rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
Job 31:26 (show verse)
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
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 hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Job 31:28 (show verse)
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that 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 rejoiced at the destruction of him that 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)
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
Job 31:31 (show verse)
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:32 (show verse)
The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:33 (show verse)
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Job 31:34 (show verse)
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:35 (show verse)
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:36 (show verse)
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:37 (show verse)
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:38 (show verse)
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Job 31:39 (show verse)
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job 31:40 (show verse)
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.