Job 31:24
If I have made gold my confidence, || And to the pure gold have said, My trust;
Literal Standard 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
23For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me, || And because of His excellence I am not able.
25If I rejoice because my wealth [is] great, || And because my hand has found abundance,
Cross References
Genesis 31:1And he hears the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken all that our father has; indeed, from that which our father has, he has made all this glory”;
Psalms 49:6Those trusting on their wealth, || And in the multitude of their riches, || Show themselves foolish.
Psalms 52:7“Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, || And trusts in the abundance of his riches, || He is strong in his mischiefs.”
Proverbs 10:15The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, || The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
Proverbs 30:9Lest I become satiated, and have denied, || And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, || And have laid hold of the Name of my God.
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
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 →