Job 31:24
If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
In Context
23For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
25If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Cross References
Genesis 31:1Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.
Psalms 49:6\49:5\What cause have I for fear in the days of evil, when the evil-doing of those who are working for my downfall is round about me?
Psalms 52:7\52:5\But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
Proverbs 10:15The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.
Proverbs 30:9For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
Luke 12:15And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24
Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →