Job 31:6

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

In Context

5If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

7If my steps have been turned out of the way, or if my heart went after my eyes, or if the property of another is in my hands;

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Cross References

Joshua 22:22God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,

Job 6:2If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

Job 27:5Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

Psalms 7:8\7:7\The meeting of the nations will be round you; take your seat, then, over them, on high.

Psalms 26:1Of David. O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

Proverbs 16:11True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9

Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →

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