Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
In Context
2For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
4Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
Cross References
Judges 9:53And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
Job 21:30Because the wicked man is reserved to the day of destruction, and he shall be brought to the day of wrath.
Psalms 55:23they are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and
Proverbs 1:27When sudden calamity shall fall on you, and destruction, as a tempest, shall be at hand: when tribulation and distress shall come upon you:
Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.
Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.
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 →