Job 31:12
For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, || And takes root among all my increase,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
13If I despise the cause of my manservant, || And of my handmaid, || In their contending with me,
Cross References
Job 20:28The increase of his house is removed, || Poured forth in a day of His anger.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of YHWH [is] in the house of the wicked. And He blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7“I am not propitious to you for this, || Your sons have forsaken Me, || And are satisfied by [those who are] not gods, || I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, || And at the house of a harlot || They gather themselves together.
Hebrews 13:4The marriage [is to be] honored by all, and the bed undefiled, for God will judge whoremongers and adulterers.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →