Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For that is a heinous crime, yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
13If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,
Cross References
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7How can I pardon thee? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by those who are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.
Hebrews 13:4Marriage is precious in every way, and the undefiled bed, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →