Job 31:30
For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
29If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.
31If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.
Matthew 5:22But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body, and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by 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 →