Job 31:24
If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold ‘my Trust;’
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
25if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
Cross References
Genesis 31:1But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and being enlarged by his ability, he has become famous.”
Psalms 49:6And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
Psalms 52:7Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.
Proverbs 10:15The substance of the rich is the city of his strength. The fear of the poor is their destitution.
Proverbs 30:9lest perhaps, being filled, I might be enticed into denial, and say: ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or, being compelled by destitution, I might steal, and then perjure myself in the name of my God.
Luke 12:15So he said to them: “Be cautious and wary of all avarice. For a person’s life is not found in the abundance of the things that he possesses.”
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 →