Job 31:30
(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;
31If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2\5:3\As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
Matthew 5:22But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.
Matthew 12:36And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire; it is the power of evil placed in our bodies, making all the body unclean, putting the wheel of life on fire, and getting its fire from hell.
1 Peter 2:22Who did no evil, and there was no deceit 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 →