Job 31:25
If I was glad because my wealth was great, and because my hand had got together a great store;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
In Context
24If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;
26If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
Esther 5:11And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
Proverbs 23:5Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
Isaiah 39:2And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see.
Ezekiel 28:5By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:
Hosea 12:8\12:7\As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.
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 →