Job 31:25
Have I delighted in being rich, happy at all my wealth I had gained?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
In Context
24Have I put my trust in gold, calling fine gold, ‘My security’?
26Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”
Esther 5:11Haman went into great detail about how much money and possessions he had, and how many children, and how the king had made him so important by promoting him above all the other nobles and officials.
Proverbs 23:5It disappears in the blink of an eye, suddenly growing wings and flying off into the sky like an eagle.
Isaiah 39:2Hezekiah happily welcomed the visitors and showed them what he had in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his whole armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.
Ezekiel 28:5You became wealthy through your superb trading skills, but your wealth only made you proud.
Hosea 12:8Ephraim says, “I'm rich! I've made myself wealthy! I've made so much from my work, and nobody can prove me guilty of doing wrong.”
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 →