Job 31:3
Isn't it disaster for the wicked and destruction for those who do wrong?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
In Context
2What should people expect to receive from God? What reward should the Almighty on high give them?
4Doesn't God see everything I do—even count every step I take?
Cross References
Judges 9:53a woman dropped a millstone down on Abimelech's head and cracked his skull open.
Job 21:30Wicked people are spared in times of disaster; they are rescued from the day of judgment.
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring down murderers and liars, throwing them into the pit of destruction before they have even lived half their lives. As for me, I will trust in you.
Proverbs 1:27When panic rains down on you like a storm, when trouble hits you like a whirlwind, when sorrow and pain come on you,
Proverbs 21:15When justice is done, the good are happy, but it brings terror to those who do evil.
Matthew 7:13Enter by the narrow entrance. For the entrance is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many travel that way.
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 →