Job 15:31
Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
In Context
32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Cross References
Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
Jeremiah 37:9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
Jonah 2:8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →