Genesis 31:1

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Summary

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

Jacob

Glory

General references

Genesis 31:9

Job 31:24

Bible References

Jacob

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Glory

And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased.

Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it .

Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

General references

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;