Job 31:30
I have never allowed my mouth to sin by putting a curse on someone's life.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
In Context
31Haven't my family asked, ‘Is there anyone who has not eaten as much as they wanted of his food?’
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:2Don't say rash things, and think before you speak to God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so keep it short.
Matthew 5:22But I tell you, anyone who is angry with his brother will be condemned as guilty. Whoever calls his brother an idiot has to answer to the council, but whoever verbally abuses others is liable to the fire of Gehenna.
Matthew 12:36I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment.
James 3:6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world of evil among the parts of the body. It disgraces all you are as a person, and can burn down the whole of your life, since it is set on fire by Gehenna.
1 Peter 2:22He never sinned, he never lied;
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 →