Job 31:3
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
In Context
2For what is the portion from God above, And the heritage from the Almighty on high?
4Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
Cross References
Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech`s head, and brake his skull.
Job 21:30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Proverbs 1:27When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Matthew 7:13Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby.
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 →