Job 15:31

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

In Context

30He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

32His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

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Cross References

Job 12:16With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

Proverbs 22:8By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

Isaiah 44:20As for him whose food is the dust of a dead fire, he has been turned from the way by a twisted mind, so that he is unable to keep himself safe by saying, What I have here in my hand is false.

Jeremiah 37:9The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

Jonah 2:8\2:7\When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.

Galatians 6:7Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

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