Job 15:12
Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
In Context
11Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?
13So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
Cross References
Job 17:2Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
Proverbs 6:13Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
Mark 7:21Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Acts 8:22Let your heart be changed, and make prayer to God that you may have forgiveness for your evil thoughts.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →