Job 31:24
If I have thought gold my strength, and have said to fine gold: My confidence:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
25If I have rejoiced over my great riches, and because my hand had gotten much.
Cross References
Genesis 31:1But after that he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and being enriched by his substance is become great:
Psalms 49:6Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.
Psalms 52:7Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.
Proverbs 10:15The substance of a rich man is the city of his strength: the fear of the poor is their poverty.
Proverbs 30:9Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
Luke 12:15And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
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 →