Job 31:30
(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
ASV Byzantine Text
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 everyone who is angry with his brother without cause 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: so is the tongue among our members, 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 →