Job 31:30
(yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
31if the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one who has not been filled with his food?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.
Matthew 5:22But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to
Matthew 12:36But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.
1 Peter 2:22Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →