Thematic Bible
Job 31:1 (show verse)
A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes, - How then could I gaze upon a virgin?
Job 31:2 (show verse)
Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:3 (show verse)
Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?
Job 31:4 (show verse)
Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?
Job 31:5 (show verse)
Verily I walked not in falsity, nor did my foot haste unto deceit: -
Job 31:6 (show verse)
Let him weigh me in balances of righteousness, - and let GOD take note of mine integrity!
Job 31:7 (show verse)
If my goings have swerved from the way, - and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:8 (show verse)
Let me sow but, another, eat. And let, what I have springing up, be uprooted!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:9 (show verse)
If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, or, by the door of my neighbour, I have lien in wait,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:10 (show verse)
Let my wife, grind to another, and, over her, let others bend!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:11 (show verse)
Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
Job 31:12 (show verse)
Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:13 (show verse)
If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, 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 could I have done when GOD rose up? And, when he visited, what could I have answered 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 who, in the womb, made me, make him? And is not he who formed us in the body one?
Job 31:16 (show verse)
If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;
Job 31:17 (show verse)
Or, used to eat my morsel alone, so that the fatherless did not eat thereof;
Job 31:18 (show verse)
Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:
Job 31:19 (show verse)
If I saw one perishing for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
Job 31:20 (show verse)
If his loins did not bless me, or if, with the fleece of my lambs, he did not warm himself;
Job 31:21 (show verse)
If I shook - against the fatherless - my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Job 31:22 (show verse)
Let, my shoulder, from the shoulder-blade, fall, and, my arm, from the upper bone, be broken;
Job 31:23 (show verse)
For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.
Job 31:24 (show verse)
If I made gold my stay, and, to precious metal, said, 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 great was my substance, and, an abundance, my hand had discovered;
Job 31:26 (show verse)
If I looked at the sun, when it flashed forth light, or at the moon, majestically marching along;
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 befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
Job 31:28 (show verse)
That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, 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 rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity 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 did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
Job 31:31 (show verse)
If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh - we cannot get filled,
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:32 (show verse)
Outside, the sojourner lodged not for the night, My doors - to the wayfarer, I threw open.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:33 (show verse)
If I covered, like Adam, my transgressions, by hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,
Job 31:34 (show verse)
Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:35 (show verse)
Oh that I had one to hear me, Lo! my crossmark, May, the Almighty, answer me! And would that, a book, mine opponent had written!
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:36 (show verse)
Oh! would I not, upon my shoulder, lift it, or bind it as a crown upon me;
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:37 (show verse)
The number of my footsteps, I would declare to him, Like a noble, would I draw near to him.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 31:38 (show verse)
If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Job 31:39 (show verse)
If, the strength thereof, I used to eat, without payment, and, the soul of the holders thereof, I made groan;
Job 31:40 (show verse)
Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.