Job 31:24
Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
In Context
25Have I delighted in being rich, happy at all my wealth I had gained?
Cross References
Genesis 31:1Jacob found out that Laban's sons were saying, “Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father. All the wealth he has actually came from our father.”
Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth; they boast about their riches,
Psalms 52:7“See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich provides them protection, while the poverty of the poor ruins them.
Proverbs 30:9Otherwise if I have plenty of money, I may give up on you, saying, “Who is the Lord?” while if I'm poor I may steal and bring the name of my God into disrepute.
Luke 12:15“Watch out, and beware of all greedy thoughts and actions, for a person's life isn't summed up by all the things they own.”
Matthew Henry on Job 31:17-24
Job's Compassion to the Poor. ( b. c. 1520.) 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) 19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; 20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21 If I… Read the whole commentary →