Job 31:12

It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

In Context

11For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

13If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:

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Cross References

Job 20:28The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath.

Proverbs 3:33Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

Jeremiah 5:7How can I be merciful to thee? thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not gods: I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and rioted in the harlot's house.

Hebrews 13:4Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16

9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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