Job 31:30
(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;
31If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in the heavens, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.
Matthew 5:22But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to [be called before] the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
James 3:6and the tongue [is] fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.
1 Peter 2:22who did no sin, neither was guile found 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 →