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 your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The striped shall be your wages; then bore all the flock striped.

If the men of my tent have not, Oh that we had of his meat! we cannot be satisfied.

My soul is among lions: and I lie even 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 whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

What shall be given unto you? or what shall be done unto you, you false tongue?

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

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

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

Glory

And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall haste and bring down my father here.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things in which 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, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;

From men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

Therefore sheol has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that exults, shall descend into it.

Thus says the LORD, 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 took him up into an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting over questions and disputes of words, out of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower thereof falls away:

General references

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

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;