Job 31:3

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

In Context

2For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

4Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

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Cross References

Judges 9:53and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.

Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.

Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.

Proverbs 1:27when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:

Proverbs 21:15It is joy to a righteous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.

Matthew 7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.

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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