Job 31:30
(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
American Standard Version
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 rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
31If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Matthew 5:22but I say unto you, that every one who 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 the hell of fire.
Matthew 12:36And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is 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 →