Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 31

111 catchwords740 parallels

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Job 31 . 1 , Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties.

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

Job 31:1 · BSB

a covenant8 parallels

think3 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

Job 31:2

For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

Job 31:2 · BSB

the whole verse3 parallels

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Job 31:3

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Job 31:3 · BSB

destruction11 parallels

a strange2 parallels

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Job 31:4

Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

Job 31:4 · BSB

the whole verse12 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 31:5

If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,

Job 31:5 · BSB

If1 parallel

walked7 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

Job 31:6

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

Job 31:6 · BSB

Let me be weighed in an even balance10 parallels

Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice

know5 parallels

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Job 31:7

If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,

Job 31:7 · BSB

If my2 parallels

mine heart6 parallels

cleaved2 parallels

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Job 31:8

then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.

Job 31:8 · BSB

let me8 parallels

let my4 parallels

Job 31:9

If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

Job 31:9 · BSB

If mine9 parallels

if I4 parallels

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Job 31:10

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

Job 31:10 · BSB

grind3 parallels

and let4 parallels

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Job 31:11

For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.

Job 31:11 · BSB

an heinous5 parallels

an iniquity5 parallels

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Job 31:12

For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.

Job 31:12 · BSB

the whole verse5 parallels

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Job 31:13

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Job 31:13 · BSB

the cause10 parallels

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when In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights , and permitted them to complain even against himself.

Job 31:14

what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

Job 31:14 · BSB

What then11 parallels

when he4 parallels

what shall1 parallel

Reciprocal3 parallels

Job 31:15

Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?

Job 31:15 · BSB

Did not he6 parallels

did not one fashion us in the womb2 parallels

or , did he not fashion us in one womb

Reciprocal4 parallels

Job 31:16

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Job 31:16 · BSB

withheld6 parallels

the eyes6 parallels

Reciprocal36 parallels

Job 31:17

if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—

Job 31:17 · BSB

have6 parallels

the fatherless6 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 31:18

though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—

Job 31:18 · BSB

Reciprocal4 parallels

her that is , the widow

Job 31:19

if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

Job 31:19 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

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Job 31:20

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

Job 31:20 · BSB

the whole verse2 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Job 31:21

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,

Job 31:21 · BSB

lifted8 parallels

when3 parallels

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Job 31:22

then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

Job 31:22 · BSB

let7 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

bone or , chanel bone

Job 31:23

For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Job 31:23 · BSB

destruction7 parallels

by5 parallels

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Job 31:24

If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security,

Job 31:24 · BSB

the whole verse15 parallels

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Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,

Job 31:25 · BSB

rejoiced7 parallels

because7 parallels

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gotten much Heb. found much.

Job 31:26

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

Job 31:26 · BSB

beheld8 parallels

the moon3 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

sun Heb. light

in brightness Heb. bright

Job 31:27

so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Job 31:27 · BSB

my heart5 parallels

my mouth hath kissed my hand3 parallels

Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth

Reciprocal7 parallels

Job 31:28

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

Job 31:28 · BSB

an9 parallels

for7 parallels

Reciprocal1 parallel

Job 31:29

If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

Job 31:29 · BSB

the whole verse11 parallels

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Job 31:30

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

Job 31:30 · BSB

have8 parallels

mouth7 parallels

Heb. palate

Reciprocal4 parallels

Job 31:31

if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

Job 31:31 · BSB

the men13 parallels

Oh8 parallels

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Job 31:32

but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—

Job 31:32 · BSB

The stranger16 parallels

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traveller or , way

Job 31:33

if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,

Job 31:33 · BSB

covered8 parallels

as Adam1 parallel

or , after the manner of men

Reciprocal8 parallels

Job 31:34

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

Job 31:34 · BSB

Did I7 parallels

the contempt9 parallels

that I6 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Job 31:35

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Job 31:35 · BSB

Oh7 parallels

my desire is , that the Almighty would answer me3 parallels

or , my sign is that the Almighty will answer me

mine7 parallels

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Job 31:36

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.

Job 31:36 · BSB

I2 parallels

a crown3 parallels

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Job 31:37

I would give account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.)—

Job 31:37 · BSB

declare5 parallels

as a5 parallels

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Job 31:38

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Job 31:38 · BSB

cry3 parallels

complain1 parallel

Heb. weep

Reciprocal13 parallels

Job 31:39

if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

Job 31:39 · BSB

fruits1 parallel

Heb. strength

caused the owners thereof to lose their life7 parallels

Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire , or breathe out

Reciprocal9 parallels

Job 31:40

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

Job 31:40 · BSB

thistles5 parallels

Choach , probably the black thorn. (See note on 2 Kings 14 . 9)

The1 parallel

Reciprocal6 parallels

cockle or , noisome weeds

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Echoes Luke 12:14-15 → Job 31:24
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