Job 31:12
For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
Cross References
Job 20:28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral 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 →